Julie Collins (Franklin, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Ageing and Seniors) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. In its response to Newmarch House, the New South Wales government said that it had to 'step in' and ensure aged-care facilities had a plan to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks, because of an 'apparent lack of preparedness'. Why was the New South Wales government forced to step in to do the Commonwealth's job, and isn't this just more evidence that the Prime Minister left aged-care residents vulnerable to the deadly COVID virus because he didn't have a plan?

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