Senate debates Questions without Notice

Aged Care


Penny Wong

Penny Wong SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs

2:00 pm

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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