The strongest message from the room was not that aged care itself is failing. It was that older Australians are struggling to access care in the first place.

The broadacre harvest is upon us, yet Labor has stranded up to 50 per cent of the skilled workforce needed to get the crop in.

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“Yet again Labor have announced a policy, then worn heavy and most-warranted flak from The Nationals via our strong connections in regional Australia, and accepted they got the policy wrong,” Dr Webster said.

TOPICS: Local power outage, insurance, Victorian government responsibility, Tri-State Regional Aged Care Forum in Mildura, care waiting times, telephone assessments, aged care algorithm, interaction with hospital and bed-block, investment in age

TOPICS: Regional Aged Care, waiting for care, telephone assessments, aged care assessment algorithm, Nick Coatsworth, Coalition energy policy, projects' impact on farmers and prime agricultural land

"The issue is whether Labor is dismantling more than a decade of developed specialist expertise without proper consultation or clear evidence that patients will be better off."

“The Fuel Price Shield would provide certainty. When a serious oil shock hits, (under the Coalition), the tax comes down automatically. When oil prices return to more normal levels, the ordinary rate is restored.

The broadacre harvest is upon us, yet Labor has stranded between 30 to 50 per cent of the skilled workforce needed to get the crop in. It is beyond condemnation.