Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for her congratulations on our 1,000 days in office. The Leader of the Opposition, along with those opposite, wants to present himself somehow as a fresh new face during the campaign over the coming months, no doubt—just like his predecessor, Scott Morrison, did. The truth is that he was a part of it all.

A thousand days ago, tomorrow, we inherited a fair bit. We inherited a crisis in aged care that had been summed up with one word: neglect. We have now done what those opposite said couldn't be done, which is to put a nurse back in nursing homes 99 per cent of the time. We're paying workers properly. Our older Australians are getting the care and dignity that they deserve. It's all in place. Those opposite said it couldn't happen. In Veterans' Affairs, we inherited a system where literally those men and women who had defended us, our nation, our democracy—

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