Senate debates

Tuesday, 18 September 2018

Questions without Notice

Aged Care

2:19 pm

Photo of Nigel ScullionNigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Normally they wave a budget at us and say, 'Here's the evidence.' This time they've found a name. Someone out there in the ether has said we have reduced it by $3 billion. This is fantasy time. I know what Australia's interested in. Let me tell you, that adds up to 13,500 residential aged-care places in the approved round. Residential aged-care places continue to grow, from 210,087 in 2018-19 to 233,882 places. We are also adding 775 short-term restorative care places. We are, of course, very importantly—

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