Portfolio — 12 May 2026
Tribune’s note
Minister Rae used Question Time on 12 May to signal a pre-budget aged-care affordability measure: the removal of co-contributions for personal care services including showering, dressing and continence care. He grounded the announcement in program growth data, citing 350,000 Support at Home recipients — more than double the former Home Care Packages program — and a waitlist that fell by over 25,000 in one quarter to 94,963 at 31 December 2025.
The combination of capacity expansion, accelerated allocations and the forthcoming fee removal represents a coherent same-day policy signal across access, wait times and affordability.
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