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

I clearly reject the premise of the question that Senator Sheldon has just put, because this government has continued to act and build its response to the COVID-19 pandemic in aged care as that response has required to be grown. I've mentioned that a number of times this week. So I reject the premise of the question put to me by Senator Sheldon. I have seen those actions put in place every single day as I have worked alongside health officials, officials from the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre and officials from the caseworker team that looks after every facility that has a COVID-19 outbreak. We have consistently looked at the circumstances in every other facility and we have looked at what we might learn and what we might do differently. We consistently ask ourselves what we might do differently. We have acted on the advice of the AHPPC and health professionals to ensure that we do the best that we can for senior Australians— (Time expired)