Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Maria Vasilakis, who had just celebrated her 81st birthday, died alone after contracting COVID-19 at St Basil's. Marija Rukavina, who tested positive after being hospitalised with longstanding skin infections, died alone in the Epworth hospital. Her son, Ivan, had gone five days without getting an update on her condition. What does the minister have to say to the 335 families grieving the loss of a loved one about his failure to remember the number of older Australians in aged care who have died from COVID-19?