Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Labor will not be supporting this motion. We remain concerned about the impact of the changes to the Aged Care Funding Instrument. We believe that the government should immediately share the full modelling and assumptions on the changes with the sector and engage in a genuine assessment of future aged-care funding. This proposed inquiry, rather than addressing concerns with aged-care funding, would just give the government an excuse to delay engaging on the issue. If appropriate, the Senate Community Affairs References Committee inquiry on the future of Australia's aged-care-sector workforce could deal with this matter if reconstituted after the government has provided the full modelling and basis for funding.