Santo Santoro (Queensland, Liberal Party, Minister for Ageing) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yesterday in answering a question from Senator McLucas I undertook to supply further information. I seek leave to incorporate the answer in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The answer read as follows—

Qld has received 10,806 new places since 1996 through the Aged Care Approvals Round.

That is a 37 per cent increase on the 29,127 places available in 1996.

We have allocated 116.0 places to Qld already—no doubt we’ll see at least 108 places operational by December 2007 as we promised the people of Qld.

• The allocated places ratio in the South Coast Planning Region is 113.0
• The allocated places ratio in the Logan River Valley Planning Region is 124.6

If the State Government and Local Governments work together with providers, we will see these allocated places become operational sooner rather than later.