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

The individual that is mentioned by the senator actually, as I understand it, resigned from the previous incarnation of the quality advisory council over two years ago. There is a new quality council in place now under a new framework, and it is operating quite differently. So it's all very well for the senator to bring up historical events, but, as I said in my previous answer, we have continued to reform this sector. The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, which commenced in its new form on 1 January this year, is operating in a different way. We are providing additional powers, and some of those powers have occurred during the COVID-19 outbreak. And we continue to look to and work with the quality and safety advisory council on what additional powers might be required for the commissioner to utilise.