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

I mean, obviously we have a mandated minimum requirement for care workers—certificate III or IV. Has there been consideration in terms of training requirements to fast track access to a group of people who have extraordinary caring skills? Nobody would need to teach them how to care; they would just need for them to understand what is required to work in an environment like aged care. It is a very broad question, whether we have looked at that as an option to be able to supplement our workforce in a speeded-up way, bearing in mind there is a ready-made workforce, particularly women, who sometimes struggle to find work? Has any consideration been given to tap this workforce? It is a very broad question.