Julie Collins (Franklin, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Ageing and Mental Health) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care. Is the minister aware of a report that, while visiting a nursing home in May, he conceded the government's $1.2 billion cuts to aged care were hurting, saying, and I quote, 'These things are controlled by Treasury.' Can the minister confirm that he now blames the Prime Minister, the then Treasurer, for the $1.2 billion cut to aged care? Is this why the Prime Minister described his own government as a muppet show?

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