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Jacob Shteyman and Kat Wong

Higher aged care payments to boost quality, fairness

Some 1.4 million older Australians will get more help to stay at home under sector reforms. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Some older Australians will now have to pay more for aged care, but the government says it will be worth it.

About 1.4 million seniors will receive greater support to live independently at home before going into aged care after the federal government and the opposition struck a deal to get a long-awaited $5.6 billion package through parliament.

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