Karen Grogan (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

In going through this legislation, I'm interested to look at some of the other elements. I totally respect the pieces of the legislation that my colleagues have raised this morning and earlier through the week. Some of them are deeply critical and important areas. What I would like to go to is some of those other areas which, while maybe not as deeply critical, are important and important for us to understand.

I would like the minister to step through for us the element within the legislation that is about the reimbursement to individuals for the cost of sourcing own consumables. There are some elements of that that I'm not particularly clear on. I wonder if the minister would be so kind as to step us through why this particular amendment is required. From my own experience of talking with aged-care providers, I know there are often some challenges in how the structure of the aged-care provisions work and how they actually access the appropriate care and the appropriate services in all and many circumstances. I wonder if the minister could take us through why this amendment is particularly required.