QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (14:09): I'll make two points before I ask the minister to respond. The first is that the premise of the question is wrong. There is human oversight over all of these processes.
The second is that for the party of robodebt to have the hide to come in here and talk about these issues shows extraordinary gumption, when we were left with an aged-care system that was titled—summed up by one word on the interim report of the royal commission established under the former government, and that word was 'neglect'. We have not engaged in neglect.
What we have done is have legislation that passed the parliament. Mr Tim Wilson interjecting— Mr ALBANESE: I ask that that be withdrawn. The SPEAKER: There was an unparliamentary remark made.
To assist the House, I'd like for it to be withdrawn. I didn't hear the remark because there was constant interjecting. But, if the member for Goldstein has made an unparliamentary remark, I'm just going to ask him to assist the House and withdraw and we'll move on.
Mr Tim Wilson: If it assists the House, fine. Sorry, I withdraw. Fine.
The SPEAKER: I thank the member for Goldstein. Mr Abdo interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Calwell will leave the chamber under 94(a).
The member for Calwell then left the chamber. The SPEAKER: When someone is withdrawing to assist in the House under the direction of the Speaker, I want all members—on both sides—to remain silent to show respect to the member who's doing the thing that I've asked them to do. Now the House has come to order, we'll hear from the Prime Minister.
Mr ALBANESE: The final point that I will make is that the aged-care legislation that passed this parliament in the last term, which was the most significant reform of aged care this century, by a long way, was the initiative of the government but, to give credit where credit's due, passed with the support of the Peter Dutton led opposition at that time. That was a good thing.
As a result of that, you have seen these changes flowing through from a period when it was frankly in a state of collapse.