6 years ago
BUDGET ANOTHER CRUEL HOAX ON OLDER AUSTRALIANS
Julie Collins MP
Older Australians have been left behind under the Liberals and this Budget does nothing to make up for six years of cuts and chaos in aged care.
The Budget is just another cruel hoax for older Australians who are now waiting years for care they have been approved for.
There is nothing new in the Budget for older Australians - the Liberals are all out of ideas.
128,000 older Australians are now waiting for a home care package but the Budget does not deliver one new package the Government hasn't already announced.
But this is exactly what we’ve come to expect from Scott Morrison.
He was the Treasurer who cut $1.2 billion from aged care in his first Budget - backing in a $500 million cut in his first MYEFO.
This Budget does not make up for these cuts and it won’t solve the aged care crisis that has grown under the Liberals’ watch.
Even as reports and evidence piled up about the disastrous impact of this crisis - with older Australians entering residential care, emergency departments or sadly passing away while waiting for care - the Liberals have done nothing of substance.
Older Australians won’t forget the Liberals’ failure to act.
After three Ministers and over five years of cuts this Government failed to reform aged care it had to call a Royal Commission.
Older Australians deserve better. Scott Morrison and the Liberals cannot be trusted with aged care.
The Budget is just another cruel hoax for older Australians who are now waiting years for care they have been approved for.
There is nothing new in the Budget for older Australians - the Liberals are all out of ideas.
128,000 older Australians are now waiting for a home care package but the Budget does not deliver one new package the Government hasn't already announced.
But this is exactly what we’ve come to expect from Scott Morrison.
He was the Treasurer who cut $1.2 billion from aged care in his first Budget - backing in a $500 million cut in his first MYEFO.
This Budget does not make up for these cuts and it won’t solve the aged care crisis that has grown under the Liberals’ watch.
Even as reports and evidence piled up about the disastrous impact of this crisis - with older Australians entering residential care, emergency departments or sadly passing away while waiting for care - the Liberals have done nothing of substance.
Older Australians won’t forget the Liberals’ failure to act.
After three Ministers and over five years of cuts this Government failed to reform aged care it had to call a Royal Commission.
Older Australians deserve better. Scott Morrison and the Liberals cannot be trusted with aged care.