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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Aged-Care Workers</name>
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          <heading>Aged-Care Workers</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="543" kind="question">
        <name>Ms BEDFORD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Florey</electorate>
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          <question date="2021-05-25" qonNum="506">
            <name>Aged-Care Workers</name>
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          <inserted>506 <by role="member" id="543">Ms BEDFORD (Florey)</by> (25 May 2021).  In light of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, which stated, 'The sector exploits the good hearts of the low-paid workers most of whom are women,' what assurances can this government make to guarantee aged-care workers in South Australia will benefit from the increase in funding announced in the 2021 federal budget? </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="1804" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Bragg</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Premier</name>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Planning and Local Government</name>
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          <question date="2021-05-25" qonNum="506">
            <name>Aged-Care Workers</name>
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            <by role="member" id="1804">The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning and Local Government):</by>  The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>Aged care and the implementation of the federal budget are federal government responsibilities. Aged-care workers in state-run facilities are supported by enterprise bargaining arrangements.</inserted>
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