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

My question is to Senator Ellison, the Minister representing the Minister for Ageing. I refer to the report that the Prime Minister has directed be produced into the 94 aged care bed licences allocated to Mr Russell Egan Jr on the Gold Coast and ask: when will this report be released to the public? Further, is the minister aware that 70 bed licences have been allocated to another provider, Varsity Age Care, on the Gold Coast? Can the minister confirm that the allocation was made off the public record, after the bed licence allocation in December 2006, and was to an aged care organisation that did not have approved provider status in December? Can the minister inform the Senate who made this decision to allocate 70 bed licences to Varsity Aged Care and what the basis was for such an allocation? Will the minister now investigate the Varsity Aged Care bed allocation?