Calls for a levy to improve aged care quality have been labelled as a “lazy” way of fixing issues in the sector by federal opposition.
Opposition aged care spokeswoman Anne Ruston said while there were many ways of addressing shortfalls in the industry, imposing a levy was not the answer.
Aged Care Minister Anika Wells used an address at the National Press Club to suggest a new aged care taskforce should consider looking at a taxpayer levy as a funding measure for improvements to the sector.
But Senator Ruston said other options needed to be considered.
“Putting a tax or a levy on the table up front, quite frankly, is a lazy way to go,” she told ABC Radio on Friday….