Budget reply speech: Anthony Albanese pledges $2.5bn extra for struggling aged care system
by Katharine Murphy Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5XPKC)
Federal Labor leader says if Australians want higher standards in aged care we need to support higher wages for our carers'
Anthony Albanese has pledged to spend an extra $2.5bn fixing the problems in aged care if Labor is elected - as the major parties accelerate towards a campaign contest to be called within days.
The federal opposition leader used his budget reply speech on Thursday night - a set-piece that followed a historic address to the Australian parliament by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy - to outbid the Morrison government on the policy response to the royal commission into aged care quality and safety.
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