Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you to Senator Ruston for the question. You're right, Senator: people should be able to access quality aged care, and we know that, in a situation where aged-care services are insufficient, there is pressure on the public hospital regime. I would remind you, Senator, that you were part of a government whose management of aged care was described in one word by the royal commission as 'neglect'. Now we are working—