Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians) Share this | Hansard source

We will continue to work very closely with state and territory governments to ensure that senior Australians get the assessment service that they need as they enter into the aged-care sector. As I said before, on average, for Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland this year, there has been an increase in waiting times of over 60 per cent on the previous six months. Of those, 354 were waiting in New South Wales. (Time expired)