Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): I thank Senator Fierravanti-Wells for her second supplementary question. The only broken promise is from those opposite when they were in government. They failed to reform this area. They failed to provide any funding to this area which would ensure that older Australians would have a choice in aged-care facilities. Under this government there is more than $56 billion in government funding for aged care over the next four years; $38.8 billion in government funding for residential aged care over the next four years; and an estimated more than $12.9 billion in total revenue for the residential aged care industry this year from govern­ment and residents. But the reform is predicated on the four principles that I was enunciating. I would enjoin you to engage in the process, accept the four principles and work with this government to deliver for aged care in the aged-care sector. (Time expired)