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

I think for Senator Sheldon to try to diminish the work that's been done by people who are serving the sector is unfortunate. One of the reasons we called a royal commission is that we wanted to have a forensic look at the entire sector. If Senator Sheldon had been watching the royal commission closely he would have seen that one of the questions the royal commission is actually asking us is the relationship between the sector and government, and I think it's a very appropriate question. So, I support the comments of Senator Fierravanti-Wells in that context, because the relationship between the sector and government is an extremely important one. I look forward to the recommendations of the royal commission in that sense, and I don't agree with Senator Sheldon with respect to the circumstances that came out of Dorothy Henderson Lodge, and I've— (Time expired)