Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. The minister referred in his answer to the Aged Care Funding Instrument and to work in aged care. One of the issues raised by the community is the fact that the Productivity Commission report, Caring for older Australians, did not make many recommendations about, or greatly touch on, dementia. There is concern in the community about that. When the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing is undertaking his consultation on this issue, is he talking to people specifically about the issues of dementia and residential aged care?