Mark Butler, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, has announced 92 research grants relating to ageing worth $50 million. They include:
46 ageing grants totalling $28 million
29 dementia grants totalling $13 million
17 Parkinson's disease grants totalling $8 million
The three aged care bombshells from Senate Estimates
Last week’s Senate Estimates hearing – held just three weeks before sweeping reforms roll out – gave politicians the chance to ask Government heavyweights the questions they’re getting from constituents and to interrogate the once-in-a-generation changes.