Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, it was revealed on Friday that 121,596 older Australians are currently waiting to be assessed for homecare support and that they could be waiting for up to 15 months just to be assessed. This is on top of the more than 87,000 older Australians on the national priority list who don't have homecare packages. Minister, will you admit that at least 200,000 older Australians are being denied access to homecare support because of the inaction of your government? Minister, considering this evidence, what is the real reason that you are delaying essential new packages? (Time expired)