Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I know it's not part of this bill. The point is there are a lot of things that are not part of this bill that should be part of this bill. I'm asking: is that on the government's agenda, and will it be part of the next lot of changes? This process could go a lot more easily if Senator Cormann hadn't walked over and asked the minister to stop answering my questions. I realise we want to get this bill through, but this is important. It's aged care, and the government knows very well what the findings out of the royal commission have been, which are horrifying. There are people in the sector who want to see changes now, not changes made some time down the track. So I can keep asking questions or the minister can answer the very legitimate questions I'm asking. I'm not trying to roll this out any longer than is necessary. I articulated to the government a while ago that I would have a series of questions to ask here. I would appreciate them being answered. I'm trying to get this done as quickly as possible. So, if the minister could answer my questions, that would be appreciated. Is the government considering a function of systemic advocacy for the commission, or is it off the agenda?