Kristina Keneally (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to ask the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians when the Senate can expect an answer to a question he took on notice in question time on Tuesday 26 November 2019.

Leave granted.

In question time on Tuesday 26 November 2019, the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians took on notice a question asked of him by Senator Ciccone. The question was: 'How many Australians have died whilst waiting for their home care package in the last financial year?' On Monday 2 December 2019, I wrote to the minister and noted that he had not come back to the chamber with an answer to the question. I invited him to provide an answer to this question at the conclusion of question time yesterday, which he did not do. I ask the minister if he has an answer to the question: how many Australians have died whilst waiting for their home care package in the last financial year? I indicate that the opposition will grant him leave to answer.