Morrison likely to elevate aged care to cabinet, as government boosts its funding by $1 billion
The government will inject a further $1 billion into aged care, most of it for home care packages, in Thursday’s budget update. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is also likely to elevate the troubled policy area to cabinet, in his imminent ministerial reshuffle. Some 10,000 home care packages will be provided, costing $850 million, in the latest funding – 2500 packages will be released across each of the four levels of care. The funds – announced Wednesday and included in Thursday’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook – come ahead of the final report of the royal commission into a...
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