Justine Elliot (Richmond, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

The shadow minister asked a whole variety of questions. I am outlining the major amounts of record spending in this budget and I am more than happy to go into extensive detail. We have covered some of the areas: firstly, there is the conditional adjustment payments; and, secondly, when it comes to the pensions, I certainly want to be able to provide that detail.

The next point that the shadow minister raised was the stimulus package. Aged-care providers can access some measures in the package, in particular some of the climate change initiatives. May I remind the member that these were initiatives that the opposition voted against, so I find it quite remarkable that they have brought them up.

The shadow minister brought up the issue of various surveys within the industry. There are a variety of surveys out there and we could—

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