Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Aged Care, Disabilities and Carers) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Santoro, the Minister for Ageing. Isn’t it now 10 days since allegations of the sexual abuse of four women at the George Vowell aged care facility were made public? In those 10 days, haven’t we heard about three other cases of sexual abuse of elderly women in aged care facilities? Other than call a meeting of an established committee—a meeting that has now been delayed—can the minister explain precisely what he has actually done as the person responsible for protecting residents of aged care facilities? Given that there are now four aged care facilities that are the subject of police investigations for sexual abuse, can the minister now indicate whether any other facilities are the subject of similar investigations?