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

You mentioned the $39 billion and we all know the investment by respective governments into aged care has been really significant, obviously reflecting not only an ageing population but also a desire to make sure older Australians have the dignified care they deserve as they age, and I don't think anyone in this chamber would disagree with that. In the $39 billion figure you just quoted, my understanding is that the provision of that is largely in relation to the funding of AN-ACC and the funding of home-care places—obviously the Commonwealth Home Support program—and all the necessary programs that are business-as-usual activities of the funding flow between the federal government and aged-care providers in response to supporting the older Australians they care for. So could you tell me: of the $39 billion, how much is business-as-usual, demand-driven funding, and how much is actually allocated to programs outside of business-as-usual funding?