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

Returning to the issue in relation to packages, I indicate that the coalition is absolutely delighted to support Senator Pocock's amendments for the immediate release of these packages. The cold, hard reality that the government seems to be failing to accept is that the sector is capable of delivering these packages, the department is able to deliver these packages, and there are budgeted amounts within the budget for 2025-26 for these packages to be funded, yet the only thing that seems to be standing in the way of older Australians getting access to the care that this amendment seeks to deliver for them is that the minister is actively—intentionally—refusing to release any aged-care packages. To that end, Minister, how many new aged-care packages have been released this financial year?