Labor talks up possible aged care levy as minister says Australians willing to pay for more ‘choice’

Anika Wells says taskforce will include consideration of levies but government still not advocating any particular proposal'

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The aged care minister, Anika Wells, says Australians want more choice" on aged care and would be prepared to pay for it, as the government mulls the introduction of a user-pays system.

Wells told ABC's Insiders the Albanese government's position on aged care was consistent, playing down calls for a levy before the election because it was still not advocating any particular proposal", merely establishing a taskforce which will consider how to make aged care sustainable.

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