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Live: Minister announces tweak to controversial aged care assessment tool

Live: Minister announces tweak to controversial aged care assessment tool
ABC Australia Wednesday 01 July 2026, 21:04 UTC By Joshua Boscaini 1 min read
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live Federal politics live: Minister announces tweak to controversial aged care assessment tool Aged Care Minister Sam Rae says the government's controversial algorithm-assisted tool, used to determine how much funding older Australians get to support living at home, can now be changed in "extenuating circumstances". Follow all the updates in our live blog.

live Federal politics live: Minister announces tweak to controversial aged care assessment tool Aged Care Minister Sam Rae says the government's controversial algorithm-assisted tool, used to determine how much funding older Australians get to support living at home, can now be changed in "extenuating circumstances". Follow all the updates in our live blog. Submit a comment or question Live updates Thu 2 Jul 2026 at 7:08am đŸ“· Mid Winter Ball highlights As promised, here are some of the highlights from last night's Mid Winter right here at Parliament House! Thu 2 Jul 2026 at 7:00am Good morning đŸ‘‹ Hello and welcome to our federal politics live blog! It's great to have you here for the final sitting day before the winter break. I'm Josh Boscaini joining you live from Parliament House in Canberra, here and ready to bring you all of today's federal politics news. Politicians, media and lobbyists gathered at parliament last night for the annual mid-winter ball! We'll bring you some photos of that very shortly! Meanwhile, Labor is expected to introduce it's gambling advertising bill to parliament today. I'll be keeping my eyes on the House of Reps! Let's into the day and see what happens! Loading
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