Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) | Hansard source

The suspension motion, President, is about a piece of legislation that this government refuses to address and is causing Australians—older, vulnerable Australians like Audrey—to die. I don't believe that there is anything more urgent than trying to remedy a situation where people are dying as a result of a decision of the government that has been put through this chamber, through rules that were not made evident or obvious when the legislation was put through. They were subsequently revealed in a series of rules that were opaquely put through this chamber. I can't think of anything that's more important than the will of this chamber being recognised, such as the will of this chamber when the aged-care assessment tool private senators' bill was put through this place. I commend Senator Allman-Payne for raising attention on the urgency of the fact that a cruel tool this government refuses to acknowledge is causing older Australians to die unnecessarily.