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

All I was seeking to understand was what work the department had done to understand the magnitude of risk and exposure to the sector, and the delivery of the all-important care we want for older Australians. It is an issue that was raised significantly during the inquiry, and to date I haven't received a response has to whether the department has even considered this as something that is significant enough for them to bother looking into.

To that end, you made the comment about the grandfathering and the transitioning, and that it will not happen all at once. I wonder if there are any figures to understand how many new entrants there will be into government funded aged care next year. How many people do you believe will be new to residential care, bearing in mind only a certain proportion of people that go into residential care go in having not already received some support, whether it be Commonwealth home support or home care packages? How many new entrants to residential aged care will there be in 2025-26, and how many new people do you expect to enter into the new Support at Home package in 2025-26?