Senate debates
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Questions without Notice
Aged Care
2:00 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) | Hansard source
It is the case that we were concerned, in opposition and in government, about support for our elderly Australians and improvements that needed to be made in the aged-care sector. I believe there was cross-party understanding that the sector needed to change and to reform, and the government has sought to do that. We've made changes to improve the aged-care assessment system. The system is less than a year old, and I know the minister has announced two important improvements, in particular, to the way aged-care assessments work. I'm advised that there is a rapid—
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