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Australia politics live: defence industry minister to spruik Labor’s ‘progressive patriotism’ as audits reveal waste

Pat Conroy to tell National Press Club that Labor is the true party of defence and national security. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGovernment makes concession on controversial aged care tool with no human oversightThe government has done a partia...

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by Krishani Dhanji
Australia politics live: defence industry minister to spruik Labor’s ‘progressive patriotism’ as audits reveal waste

Pat Conroy to tell National Press Club that Labor is the true party of defence and national security. Follow today’s news live

Government makes concession on controversial aged care tool with no human oversight

The government has done a partial u-turn on its controversial aged care integrated assessment tool, that critics said no human override capability, and was being reviewed.

In some limited circumstances, people’s complex circumstances don’t necessarily fit neatly into a framework. And in those small number of circumstances, we want the system governor to be able to make the necessary decisions to get the most appropriate outcomes for older people …

We’ve listened and we’ve done the policy work to make sure that we get the best outcomes for older people.

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