Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I can. For instance, Catholic Health Australia have said that the 2015 budget 'ushers in welcome next steps in aged-care reform'. The Council on the Ageing have called the measures in the budget 'bold and important steps to a much more consumer focused aged-care system'. COTA goes on to say:

Older Australians will strongly welcome measures announced in the 2015 Federal Budget to give them direct control of their own aged care funding packages, have access to an independent complaints system, and introduce a streamlined approach to home care delivery,

HammondCare, a provider in New South Wales, welcomed the measures to reform the delivery of restorative care, saying that it will 'bring transformational change to the lives of older Australians'. Increasingly I think all colleagues want to see the individual at the centre and in charge. Our aged-care measures announced in this budget do that. The individual will be at the centre and they will be in charge.