Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

R (—) (): Thank you, Senator Rice. I think the answer—and I did cover it in that earlier question. There will be some changes but there's extra resourcing going in and extra flexibility, and decisions will be made on the needs of particular residents or residents' individual needs. If you're getting advice that providers are making decisions about what services will be offered, I'm not in a position to argue with that. But the position is, as outlined in my earlier answer, that there is additional resourcing going in and additional flexibility about how that resourcing is used to match the needs of individual residents, whether that be physiotherapy or some other type of allied health care that's required. I don't think it's fair to say that resourcing would be reduced, but certainly changes may be made as to the type of therapy or allied healthcare service that residents might receive based on their individual needs.