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

My question is to the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care. Yesterday in question time the minister said the funding for ACFI expenditure has continued to increase against claims across all three domains. Can the minister confirm there was actually an average per-resident funding cut of $6,665 per year from 2017 due to his government's cuts, according to a report commissioned by UnitingCare?

Ken Wyatt (Hasluck, Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Health) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the shadow minister and member for Franklin for her question. There's record funding of $19.8 billion this year, $6.5 billion more than Labor provided in its last full financial year. The funding for ACFI expenditure continued to increase against claims across all three domains. Funding of subsidies and supplements per person per year in residential aged care is $66,000 in 2017-18 compared to $53,000 in 2012-13, with payments increasing every year under this government. Complex healthcare payments per person per year are up from 2015-16 before MYEFO and the budget with the 2016 changes. On average $19,100 was paid per person in 2017-18 compared to $18,900 in 2015-16. In 2015-16, the figure was $18,900. In 2016-17 it went to $19,500, and at the moment—

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Tourism) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Per person?

Ken Wyatt (Hasluck, Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Health) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

This is per person, yes. Of course it is. In 2017-18, it's $19,100. Let me quote from a joint press conference between former Prime Minister Gillard and Minister Butler to announce the Living Longer Living Better legislation on 20 April 2012:

Look there are some providers who've been unusually claiming levels of money that we don't think they're entitled to and they may be unhappy that the jig is up—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Franklin on a point of order.

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

To be directly relevant he must talk about the per-resident funding for ACFI post their budget cuts. He has not answered that question at all.

Ken Wyatt (Hasluck, Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Health) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I've finished.

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

I seek leave to table a document that shows the per-resident funding cut from ACFI due to their budget cuts.

Leave not granted.