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

As I was saying, I commend those coalition members who made very positive contributions to the aged-care approvals round. I conclude by repeating what I said yesterday about this government’s National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission agenda. What we have been doing, as the Prime Minister referred to earlier, is consultations around the country about our future health, hospital and aged-care systems. Because all these areas were neglected by the previous government and we acknowledge there is a huge amount of work to be done, we have been engaging with front-line health professionals in relation to all these important issues.

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