Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The Albanese Labor government wants to make sure Australians get the opportunities they deserve. We want to bring people together. We want to unite Australia. We've announced the Jobs and Skills Summit and today we are introducing a bill to create Jobs and Skills Australia, because we want to make sure Australians can get the skills employers want.

Good governments can also make sure that the most vulnerable Australians are not left behind. COVID took a devastating toll on Australians in aged care and their families, and those opposite should hang their heads in shame about how this was dealt with. We know that aged care was in crisis well before the pandemic struck. I'm not surprised that the interjections have stopped, because it was a decade of neglect under those opposite. We are beginning the work of fixing aged care. (Time expired)