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

Minister, I would 100 per cent agree with you that we do need to make sure that we maximise the benefit to the individual. The whole point of this reform is to make sure that the person who is receiving the care is at the centre of the decision-making and that it's their choice and their control about the care they receive. That's the only reason we are standing here today—that choice and control to individuals. So I don't think we're in disagreement about that.

You've said it's a decision of government, and I respect that. governments have the right to make decisions. But what I'm trying to understand is that, if we're putting choice and control back into the hands of the individual, there are some people who will probably have some quite complex needs around their care. You made the comment around monitoring changing services, following up on services and assisting when things are not necessarily going right. The question is: what was the average care management fee that was being charged to date?