Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Ageing, Disabilities and Carers) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Ageing. Is the minister aware of yesterday’s statement from Aged and Community Services Australia that, while they initially welcomed the government’s recent aged-care package, ‘as more detail became available on the various offsets and trade-offs contained within it, it became clear that the gains were modest and there were significant negative impacts’? Haven’t providers raised concerns that, under the package, some facilities will lose funding? Why is it that, two weeks after the package was announced, providers are still struggling to get the details they need to understand the impact of its implementation? If the minister is confident that there will be no losers, will he now release the modelling done by his department on the impact of the package, and can the minister also guarantee that no facility will be worse off under the package?