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

Those opposite again ignore the facts. The Living Longer. Living Better aged-care reform package provides $3.7 billion over five years. This includes $1.2 billion to strengthen aged care—unlike when the Howard government was in office, when Mr Abbott ripped a billion dollars out of health. It seems that the opposition only want to hark back to those days. They liked them so much that the premise of the question seems to suggest that they want to do the same here—and we will not.