VIDEO INTERVIEW with Mark Butler

Australian Ageing Agenda was in Hobart for the sector’s first ever press conference with the new Federal Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler MP, earlier this week.

View live footage filmed outside the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Courtyard below.

Q: Do you think the level of funding in aged care is sufficient?

Q: How big a problem is the wages gap in aged care?

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Q: Will the wages gap impact upon the quality of care that is delivered in aged care?

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