Mr HUNT (Flinders—Minister for Health and Aged Care) (14:32): Indeed, there is $17.7 billion of additional value and investment in aged care— Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The minister will pause. The member for Hotham has asked her question. She will not interject, nor will others interject. Mr HUNT: Firstly, there are retention bonuses for nurses: $3,700 for full-time nurses and $2,700 for part-time nurses. Secondly, in relation to this, there is $3.2 billion which goes to the $10-a-day uplift fee, and that will flow through to our staff. Thirdly, there is $3.9 billion— Mr Brian Mitchell interjecting— The SPEAKER: The minister will pause. The member for Lyons will leave under standing order 94(a). The member for Lyons then left the chamber. Mr HUNT: Thirdly, there is $3.9 billion—and this is an opportunity to go through pretty much most of the measures in the aged-care reform package—which goes to 200 care minutes a day. For the first time we are mandating that level of care, as recommended by the royal commission, which also includes specifically 40 minutes a day from our nursing staff— The SPEAKER: The minister will pause for a second. The member for Hotham on a point of order. Ms O'Neil: Mr Speaker, it's on direct relevance. The question was specifically about aged-care workers' wages. The minister is listing a bunch of initiatives that are not going to do anything about that problem. The SPEAKER: The minister has the call; he'll be relevant to the question. Mr HUNT: With great respect, Mr Speaker, this is absolutely directly about wages. I started with the $3,700 and $2,700 of direct wage supplement. In addition to that, there is $3.2 billion, which goes to the ability to provide additional support for our personal care workers and for our nurses. Honourable members interjecting— Mr HUNT: That's how they're paid. They aren't paid directly by government; they are paid by the people who employ them. That is providing support to the employers to support the employee. Honourable members interjecting— Mr HUNT: I have a feeling that they're not actually that interested. Mr Butler interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Hindmarsh! Mr HUNT: The third element, of course, is for the 200 minutes, or $3.9 billion. A fourth element is in relation to what we're doing with home-care support. The additional funding of $6½ billion for home care, which is 80,000 places, will be all about employing and paying those very people who are delivering the care to our aged-care sector. Ms Kearney interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Cooper! Mr HUNT: Fifth, we have 33,800 aged-care training places. This training is about bringing in new people who will be delivering the services, all of whom are going to be paid as a result of this. In addition to that, in the Indigenous community we have over $600 million that is being paid to support those who are working in rural and remote areas or to create the facilities where they will be working. In addition to all of those elements, we have the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, which will oversee over 4½ thousand audits. These will protect both the residents and the workers. All of these elements go towards ensuring that the conditions are better for both workers and residents.