Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

The Morrison government is committed to supporting senior Australians to remain in their own homes for longer. End of financial year data for 2018-19 indicates that 125,117 Australians have access to Home Care Packages compared to 99,932 at the same time last year. That is a 25 per cent increase in just one year. In comparison, Labor at the election provided no additional funding in their costings for home care places nor any additional funding for aged-care quality or workforce or for residential aged care. In six years we have more than doubled the number of packages available, and by 2022-23 we will have achieved a 161 per cent increase since Labor left government in 2012-13.