Nevertheless it’s important to know not just what the top priorities are but also what’s been pushed to the backburner. When was it announced: In November 2016, the then revenue and financial services minister, Kelly O’Dwyer, committed the government to the reforms. Aged careWhat was proposed: In an interim report in November the aged care royal commission called for more home care packages to reduce the waiting list of 120,000. Where is it up to: In early December, Labor’s shadow assistant treasurer, Stephen Jones, accused the government of implementing just six of 76 recommendations of the royal commission. Some commitments are already behind – the Coalition promised to introduce legislation to remove claims handling exemptions for insurance by the end of 2019 but it hasn’t been seen.

Source: The Guardian December 27, 2019 19:01 UTC