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

Just keep on asking me the questions and I will just tell you how ageing in Australia operates. Through you, Mr President, I invite senators opposite to keep on asking me the questions, because this government is proud of its record within aged care in Australia. As I suggested to Senator McLucas in answer to her previous question, if it were not for the Howard government, there would not have been a compliance commission and there would not have an accreditation agency. Funding for the aged-care sector would not be at a record level of just under $8 billion. What does this government have to do in terms of looking after the interests of aged and frail Australians to just get one modicum of recognition from Senator McLucas? Just one modicum of recognition—