Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I certainly hope that you're correct, but there is grave concern from the allied health sector, as of now, about the allied health services that residents in aged-care facilities need not being provided. At this stage, I think it is going to be a situation where we're waiting. I would have liked to have seen some more certainty being given to these allied health providers, but it sounds like you're not able to give me that certainty.

I want to move on to some questions about schedule 8—the independent pricing authority. We've just been talking about further transparency, so that the information's on the table about what money is being spent in the aged-care sector. One of your key election commitments was to increase transparency in the aged-care sector. What I want to know is why you haven't made it a requirement that the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority publish its findings, rather than leaving it to the discretion of the government.