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

Thank you, Mr President. The Aged Care Funding Instrument, historically, under that lot opposite was being rorted. They dealt with it by saying, 'We're going to try to fix it up,' and they notionally made sure that they didn't invest $1.6 billion where they otherwise might have—just an efficiency divided that reasonable legislators would take. We took the same view. There were efficiency dividends of $1.2 billion—

Opposition senators interjecting—

In exactly the same way that those opposite did it—but it is not a cut. We are not handling rorts. We do not support providers who overcharge—nor did you. So I don't really understand the point they were trying to make. We will make sure that First Australians get the very best services possible.