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

The government remains committed to creating a better experience for senior Australians entering aged care, including receiving timely, consistent and high-quality needs assessments. The government made a commitment in the 2018-19 budget to create a single assessment workforce for aged care, in line with the 2017 Tune review recommendation No. 27, and we continue to work towards this outcome, working with the jurisdictions and the sector. Labor, on the other hand, have offered nothing but fear campaigns and baseless commentary. Despite plans for $387 billion in new taxes at the last election, including their retirees tax, Labor provided no additional funding in their costings for home care places and no additional funding for aged-care quality, workforce or mainstream residential aged care.

Question agreed to.