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James Robertson

‘The baby boomers are coming’: Task force to tackle aged-care funding question

A genuine conversation needs to be had about aged-care funding, Anika Wells says. Photo: AAP

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells says the government is considering a range of options to make aged-care funding fairer and more sustainable and is establishing a task force to decide between them.

Two years on from a landmark royal commission into the sector, Ms Wells said the government had a “genuine duty to deliberate” on questions such as whether to impose a levy on taxpayers to help fund a better aged-care system.

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