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

I cannot believe the supplementary question. As a government we have over the past nine months, since I have been minister, handed out to the sector tens of millions of dollars for workforce training and retraining. We have continued to improve the quality of the aged care system with a $110 million package in terms of our response to the abuse issue, which arose during the year and which was shamelessly whipped up, through you, Mr President, by Senator McLucas. If there is one very clear instance of abuse of the elderly, it was when Senator McLucas whipped up the campaign of fear. If anybody has abused the confidence of the aged care sector, it is Senator McLucas—and she comes back in here day after day and disgraces us. (Time expired)