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Zac de Silva

'Lot of complaints': ex-minister's aged care warning

Older people still face inequality and disadvantage in the community, a leading advocate says. (Jane Dempster/AAP PHOTOS)

Older Australians are dealing with big price increases and longer waiting lists for care under major reforms to the aged care sector, a former Liberal minister warns.

Christopher Pyne, who spent 26 years in federal parliament, has also warned against stereotyping older people as either wealthy baby boomers or frail retirees, describing both framings as "crude caricatures".

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