That would raise, roughly, a further $7.85 billion a year – higher than the Grattan Institute’s suggested $7 billion-a- year funding increase or the Health Service Union’s modelling, which found a boost of about $5 billion a year could fund almost 60,000 new workers, improve wages by $5 an hour and increase the total minutes of care residents receive. “It is fair to say our government’s track record has been about delivering lower taxes,” he said on Wednesday. Loading Government backbenchers, who spoke anonymously in order to speak freely, were hesitant to talk about a levy – but one limited to use for aged care alone was not palatable.