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

The government will be building an entirely new system and new regulatory model and dealing with legacy IT systems to reflect the changes that are being brought in through these reforms. You're talking to the Minister for Finance. I certainly wished it wasn't a $1.2 billion ICT spend, but there had been some pretty detailed work done on the cost of that, including some assurance testing. That is what it is.

In terms of costs of providers, it is hard to give what it will mean per provider. I think the expectation is that the Support at Home providers will be the ones facing the most significant change. I understand that there will be uncertainty from providers as these reforms come in, but that's exactly why this transition taskforce has been established. As I said, it will be led by Ms Burgess and will meet for the first time next Thursday. This is exactly why the Minister for Aged Care has established this: to make sure that there's some real early stress testing and opportunity for people to provide feedback about the implementation of the reforms.