Senate debates

Thursday, 2 July 2026

Questions without Notice

Aged Care

2:15 pm

Photo of Wendy AskewWendy Askew (Tasmania, Liberal Party) | Hansard source

Disappointing that we can't get the answer we're actually after in regard to the number. Minister, I want to read to you the words of Julie-Ann, a Daily Telegraph reader. Six months after her mother died waiting for a home-care package, My Aged Care rang to ask if she still needed it. Julie-Ann said, 'When I told this person Mum had died, she actually sounded relieved.' Minister, is that how this government manages its waitlist—waiting for people to die?

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