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Live: Minister announces tweak to controversial aged care assessment tool

ABC Australia · Jul 1, 2026, 9:04 PM

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Link copied Share Share article 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".

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