Federal Health Department secretary Brendan Murphy says there is no clear evidence that safety and quality of care in aged services declined because of the mounting financial pressures placed on the troubled sector in recent years.
"We clearly accept the system does need a significant redesign, including in costing and funding, and transparency of that system," Professor Murphy said. "A lot of providers were over-claiming and I don't blame them for it," he told the inquiry. "The tool was not an appropriate tool. We had to move to something better and I think we acknowledge that."
Earlier this week, former prime minister Paul Keating laid out a HECS-style loan plan aimed at covering home care costs for elderly Australians who do not want to go into a nursing home. He also warned against raiding the $168 billion Future Fund, due to mature this year, because it was the best-performing Commonwealth asset during the difficult financial times of coronavirus.
Cut all funding, simple! Exactly what the Crimeminister wants!
I thought the government locked this guy in the basement.
COVID reveals many system and service failures by our institutions, aged care neglect must be a new low?
Good luck questioning that one 😟
Ask the children and grandchildren about Murphy's view of the 'evidence'. I'm sure they'll correct him gently. In the meantime, let's watch the body language of the minister in charge. He knows the truth.
This seems to confirm appearances of just another Government hack.
Wow. Just. Wow. Ok. ☹️🤬
This guy is truly dangerous... If you can't even acknowledge the deterioration of the aged care system you have alterior motives.
If it's at rock bottom, it can't get any worse.
deluded
WTF
Has it always been woeful?
He is rapidly looking all credibility and is now just a government apologist. The quality of age care is appalling.
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