Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians) Share this | Hansard source

I said that the aged-care sector had responded incredibly well, which is what was in the initial part of Senator Wong's question. And we've worked very closely and we've worked very hard, taking the advice of the medical professionals in the AHPPC to provide advice to the sector—and the subcommittees of the AHPPC, the CDNA, who've provided guidance, updated now on three occasions, to the sector. I think the sector has done well. We've been extremely fortunate in this country that the front line of our defences—closing our borders early, including to China, and setting up our national COVID-19 health response—has been largely effective. We didn't expect that the systems in Victoria would fall down in the way that they did, but as that's occurred we've continued to respond and to build our response. (Time expired)