Claire Moore (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. We are interested in the process of the monitoring that you identified between 2002 and 2006 and, specifically, the number of visits that took place. How many of these spot checks visits were unannounced? Given that the findings of the subsequent audit that you mentioned described a complete breakdown in care standards, clinical records, staff training and process, isn’t it clear that the breach of care standards had been going on for sometime? On what grounds can the government claim that the failures were only recent when its own report indicates an entrenched and systematic failure to provide proper care to failed residents in the facility?