Senate debates

Thursday, 2 July 2026

Questions without Notice

Aged Care

2:17 pm

Photo of Jenny McAllisterJenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) | Hansard source

Australians want freedom, support and choice to remain at home and in the community with the people that they love as they age. We know older Australians want that support. They want to return home and they want to stay at home for longer. It is why we are making the reforms that we are making—reforms which were supported by those opposite, which were voted for by those opposite because, at the time, those opposite recognised that change was required and recognised that our government was prepared to make the necessary investments to deliver it. We are investing additional resources to bring forward the places that will support people to stay at home in the way that they need, and every single person assessed as urgent priority is being allocated their full funding within a month. (Time expired)

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