Senate debates

Thursday, 21 November 2024

Bills

Aged Care Bill 2024; In Committee

3:36 pm

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

We did cover this this morning at some length. That is just for the government's internal systems. In terms of the providers, there is a small grant round of $10 million, providing grants of $10,000 for those providers in the Support at Home program, who are going to face the majority of the most significant changes. For many of the other providers, including in residential care, we don't believe that there will be significant change, although I know that there are some providers who disagree with that. This is a matter that the transition taskforce no doubt will be considering. It has its first meeting next Thursday, so I imagine things like this will be on the agenda. But, for providers who aren't directly involved with the new Support at Home program, we expect the ICT needs to be minimal. In fact, it's more of a reporting into the system that the government has than requiring a new system for themselves.

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