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

The additional $245 million of funding to the sector includes additional support that will be provided to all mainstream residential aged care; the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program, NATSI Flex; the Indigenous program; and multipurpose services. This measure also extends the 30 per cent increase in the viability supplement for both residential care and home care and the homeless supplement in residential care by a further six months, at a cost of $26 million. The increase in the viability supplement will also assist home-care providers and their consumers. In addition, the Australian government has committed an additional $71.4 million to support older Australians who temporarily relocate from residential aged-care facilities to the community to live with their families as a precaution against COVID-19.