Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Share this | Hansard source

Senators will understand—and I think this is a shared value across the chamber—that older Australians have spent their entire lives contributing to their communities and caring for their families, and they should be supported to access the care that they need to grow older with comfort, dignity and respect. That is why we have made the investments that we have made from government. When we came to government—and I'm listening to the interjections from Senator Ruston—the aged-care system was not built for the population we have today—