Aged care giants extort government for funding hike, threaten campaign in marginal seats

The peak providers of aged care, on whose watch has occurred repeated appalling neglect of thousands of elderly Australians over many years, have issued a not-so-veiled threat to all MPs, especially those in marginal seats, that they had better get on board and support another $20 billion a year going into aged care.

Australian Aged Care Collaboration, which represents six of the largest peak providers, has issued a report “It’s time to care”, of which at least 10 pages are devoted to a breakdown of electorates, voting patterns, which party holds what seats and how to target members of parliament.

The report notes:

“Of the 30 ‘oldest’ seats, almost half are marginal. In some cases, they are held by only a few hundred votes….