Senate debates

Thursday, 21 November 2024

Bills

Aged Care Bill 2024, Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024; In Committee

10:07 am

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

I would just like a simple response about how much the department is spending on the implementation of these changes—not on the changes themselves, because obviously they have a separate funding determination, as related to the rules in chapter 4. I'm just keen to understand what the cost of the implementation of this reform is and whether it's contained in that $39 billion or whether it's somewhere else. For example, the $1.2 billion for the ICT changes that would be required for this reform must sit somewhere. Does that sit in that $39 billion? So it's about the cost of this reform to government in total.

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