Santo Santoro (Queensland, Liberal Party, Minister for Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

By contrast the Howard government is committed to providing a full range of choices for the elderly. This means residential care; it means community care and an expanded range of HACC programs. As a result of this commitment, there are now 56,000 more aged care places in Australia than there were when the Howard government took office in 1996.

Senator Humphries also asked me about alternative policies. I have to report to the Senate today that, unfortunately for democracy, the opposition does not have any alternative policies. Despite being Labor’s aged care spokesperson since December 2004, almost two years— (Time expired)