00:00Hey, show us your T-Rex face.
00:07The People's Parliament becomes a playground.
00:12The Federal Government introducing new laws to add super to government funded paid parental
00:17leave from next July.
00:18A move Labor says will substantially help women when they retire.
00:23Women shouldn't pay an additional financial penalty just because they're taking time out
00:27to do important work like this.
00:31But much like being left hanging for a high five, the government is still yet to get an
00:38official sign off from the opposition on a deal to reform aged care.
00:43We'll have more to say about that subsequently.
00:46There were areas that needed improvement and our shadow minister has done an outstanding
00:51job to date to seek some concessions.
00:54The two sides have been in talks for months, striving for agreement behind closed doors
00:59to get older Australians to pay more for aged care.
01:03Business as usual won't cut it in aged care in the coming decades.
01:06The ABC understands there'll be no criminal penalties for providers who breach standards
01:11and those who can afford it will pay more for residential and home care.
01:16But with the finer details still under wraps, the sector's concerned.
01:21More could be a little bit or it could be a lot.
01:24The uncertainty is going to cause anxiety.
01:27The two major parties see bipartisanship on aged care as crucial to limit voter blowback.
01:33But nursing homes and those who represent older Australians are fed up with the delays.
01:38They'd been desperate for the new Aged Care Act to be introduced here in parliament this
01:43past fortnight.
01:44We now run the risk of not having enough time for older Australians to have their say in
01:48a Senate inquiry or not getting it passed by the end of the year.
01:52Changes are meant to be in effect mid-next year and more than three years on from the
01:57Royal Commission, there's a sense older Australians have waited long enough.
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