Cameron Caldwell (Fadden, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Last week I had the pleasure of hosting the shadow minister for health, aged care and sport in my electorate of Fadden. Senator Ruston and I visited a local pharmacy to hear firsthand about the problems with the Labor's failed pharmacy-only vaping model, which was rushed, lacked consultation and sets our frontline health services up to be tobacconists.

We also hosted a roundtable with local aged-care providers to discuss Labor's Aged Care Bill because we know how important stakeholder feedback is to improving the system. My roundtable attendees included Karen Carey from Arcare Aged Care, Phil Usher and Aaron Lavell from Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities, Ann Glenister from 501 Care Centre and Sandra Kuppe from Paradise Lakes Care Centre. Lastly, we visited Arcare Parkwood to hear industry feedback on how we might best support our frontline care providers so that they can focus on providing quality care services for our elderly community.

The coalition are steadfast in ensuring that we can consult on policies. This is what the government is failing at. Thank you, Senator Ruston, for visiting the Gold Coast and my electorate of Fadden, showing what a future coalition health minister will do: listen and support our community.

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