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

I don't have that information available, but I'm happy to take that on notice. I do have information that registered nurses are onsite in aged care 99 per cent of the time, across facilities. I would say—just to respond to your moving the amendments—the government strongly opposes these amendments which seek to undermine the recommendation of the royal commission to ensure that every single aged-care home has a registered nurse onsite 24/7. If this amendment were to be successful, we believe it would seriously undermine the broad concept of quality standards, and the fact of having a registered nurse onsite is important for the provision of clinical care to older Australians.