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Wendy Askew
Opposition Whip in the Senate · Liberal Party of Australia
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Senate Community Affairs References Committee - Launceston, TAS (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 4 August 2026
Senator Askew Q&A: algorithm and dementia assessment failures
“Thank you, and thank you very much for your testimony this day. That's a very disturbing news and story, I'm afraid, but unfortunately it's not an uncommon one. It's something that we've heard a fair bit across the country over…”
Watch from 36:26Senator Askew Q&A: algorithm and dementia assessment failures
“Yeah, I think there's just a couple of other things. Sorry, just to check, does that letter have to be provided each time there's a review done as well? Is like, is that the first question each time there's a…”
Watch from 40:11Senator Askew Q&A: algorithm and dementia assessment failures
“Right. So that was, that was actually across the board. So, yes. And so, Ms. Hazzard, do you know whether that was is something that they were looking at putting in in other places? Is that part of what's been…”
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Senate Community Affairs References Committee - Melbourne, VIC (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 3 August 2026
‘No worse off’ principle and Support at Home transition
“Thank you. And thanks very much for your time and for being here today, um and for your evidence and for your submissions. I've sort of read through them, um they're very interesting. I've got a couple of questions relating…”
Watch from 35:42Assessment delays, duplicative reviews and travel costs
“And thank you for providing that, we've got it and unfortunately haven't had time to read it in full, but I have looked through it. In regard to your recommendations, there's a few in there that we've sort of it's…”
Watch from 1:14:33First Nations Aged Care Commissioner, workforce and engagement
“Thank you. And thanks for your evidence and thank you for your submissions because they were really informative and comprehensive. And it's actually something in there that I want to just elaborate a little bit further. So you've summarized like…”
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Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 30 July 2026
Future of young people in aged care under the bill
“Thank you, and thank you for your time today. And apologies I haven't been here during the day. I've just got one question to finish the day off, and I just... It probably, to Tenant Voice, but if others have,…”
Watch from 2:00:11Askew: Tenant Voice: SIL and on‑site shared supports at risk
“So in your submission, your tenant voice submission, you raised serious concerns about that you believe the bill will put seal and on-site shared supports at risk. Do you believe the amendments passed in July that will now go to…”
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Senate Community Affairs References Committee - Brisbane, QLD (part 2 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 27 July 2026
Epilepsy Queensland: four priority areas
“Thank you and thank you very much for your time, for your excellent submission and also for the presentation, but thank you for coordinating this afternoon for us as well. It's been a pretty amazing afternoon evidence. And as we've…”
Watch from 1:44:54National Epilepsy Action Plan and optimal pathways
“Transport subsidies and so on. What policies would we need to be looking at nationally do you think in regard to the treatment of care for people with epilepsy? So recommendations that we would be able to put into our…”
Watch from 1:45:41NDIS access barriers and medical vs functional model
“So areas of we've heard over the different lots of evidence we've heard, the NDIS has come up a bit but in what respect were the key challenges with gaining access to the NDIS that you've seen?”
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Senate Community Affairs References Committee - Brisbane, QLD (part 1 of 2) · Australian Parliament · 27 July 2026
Q: Askew: price gaps and consumer co‑payments
“Senator Rustin is having difficulties getting onto the computer, which is she's actually just come on. But I'll just ask a couple of questions and then I'll go to her for a bit. First of all, you're just talking about…”
Watch from 27:16Q: Askew: price gaps and consumer co‑payments
“And the biggest issue that if they expended their budget too early, they're going go months without that actually receiving the treatment. I've just got one other quick question because I'm conscious that Senator Rustin will have questions for you…”
Watch from 29:15NetaCare: CHSP experience and remote thin markets
“Okay. I might start with missus Harris. I've just got... Moving around my packages here. I'll start with the... Your commentary or your recommendation in your submission, and you're talking about recalibrating the support at home assessment algorithm. Can you…”
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Senate Chamber (part 1 of 3) · Australian Parliament · 1 July 2026
Valedictory: Senator Wendy Askew announces resignation
“Deputy president, when I first stood in this place in April 2019, I said that none of us knows what the future holds. None of us knows how long we have to serve here. I have been so grateful to…”
Watch from 3:34:48
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