Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

They clearly don't care about aged people. My question is to Senator Fierravanti-Wells, representing the Minister for Aged Care, the Hon. Ken Wyatt. Aged-care bed licences are allocated each year through the aged-care allocation round at no cost to regions based on projected future need. An aged-care provider operating 10 facilities, employing 675 people, wanting to expand in regional areas requested 314 places in the 2016 round and was allocated only 60.

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By contrast—Mr President, I'm sorry, this is becoming very—

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