The Federal Government is remaining tight lipped about when changes could be made to the way aged care is funded.
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00:00 Over the next four decades, Australia's population aged 80 and over will grow to 3.5 million
00:08 people.
00:09 And our workforce is under pressure with people aged between 15 and 64 years expected to decline
00:16 as a proportion of our population.
00:20 We've already heard that the next generation of people entering aged care want a different
00:25 model and different standard of care than those that have gone before them.
00:30 We're going to have to be innovative to address this challenge.
00:34 We need more services for more Australians.
00:37 We need good facilities not to close and we need Australians in rural and remote communities
00:43 to have nearby facilities.
00:46 The government confirms today that it will not impose a new tax or a new levy to fund
00:52 aged care costs or any changes to the means testing treatment of the family home.
00:59 And we hope that in being able to do that today, we can now work cooperatively with
01:02 the opposition and try and land a response that everybody can support in the parliament.
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