Sharon Bird (Cunningham, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, 10,000. I ask the member: what's the waiting list? How many are on the waiting list?

These people who ring are often the children or a close family member of the elderly person. I have had people in tears. I have had women who have had to give up work because they cannot both work and look after elderly family members.

The government has to do a lot more in their home care package space. I would certainly say to them that today's announcement is far from sufficient to address the problems that face the elderly in our community. I can only imagine that members opposite, as well as those on this side, all have constituents who will be putting out exactly the same call, 'Do more and do it now for those people in our community.'

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