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

I don't have a detailed brief on the times of each of the testing cycles. When an outbreak is advised, we send a first responder nurse in immediately to assess the site. We also send our Sonic Healthcare teams in to commence testing both residents and staff. But because not all staff are rostered on the same day and they come in over cycles, sometimes it does take a couple of days to complete the testing of all the staff.

I'm very happy to bring that information back to the chamber. I think it's a fair question; it's an appropriate question. But I don't have the detailed information with respect to the testing cycles of all the staff members and when that information has come back. I'm happy to provide that on notice to the chamber.