Labor open to aged care levy as part of bipartisan funding agreement

Clare O'Neil says opposition doesn't have a fixed view' on how to meet the $10bn shortfall in funding identified by royal commission

Labor's aged care spokeswoman, Clare O'Neil, has signalled the opposition may support a levy if the government proposed it in the May budget, saying a bipartisan agreement on aged care funding would be a great outcome".

O'Neil told Guardian Australia although Labor doesn't have a fixed view" about how to meet the $10bn per year funding gap identified by the aged care royal commission, it was absolutely clear" the system was in crisis and funding is at the heart of the problem".