Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

Can I take it from that that the $733 million that you just referred to in the supplement is not actually contained in the explanatory memorandum as a cost associated with the bill—that you've only got $450.7 million, which relates to the support for the nursing homes to employ extra RNs? I'm just seeking clarification on what you actually just said. You said that the $450.7 million was to support facilities to employ extra RNs. So, what you've just said somewhat contradicts what you said before. You said it would be available to all facilities as long as they met the 60-or-below threshold, but what you've just said is that it is for them to employ extra RNs. Is the $450.7 million able to be used to provide extra RNs, even at facilities that already have 24/7 RNs?