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Fragment    Next Fragment Wednesday, 23 June 1999 Page: 7225  Ms
HALL (5:14 PM) —The Howard government has been forced to
introduce the Aged Care Amendment (Omnibus) Bill 1999 to address
the inadequacies of the Aged Care Act 1997. The original
legislation was rushed through parliament with indecent haste.
As a consequence, this government has been forced to revisit its
inadequate 1997 legislation—  Mrs Bronwyn Bishop —You've got the
same script as the others. Have you got anything new?  Ms HALL
—Legislation that put fear in the heart of the elderly people in
Australia—  Mrs Bronwyn Bishop —Which you lot did.  Ms HALL
—Legislation that has caused so much angst in the community. I
hear the Minister for Aged Care making excuses for that
legislation but, fair enough, she was not responsible for that
1997 legislation, and I understand how she must feel about it.
The member for Greenway talked about a seniors meeting that he
had in his electorate. I, too, had