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

Well, again, Senator Keneally should have listened to my primary answer, before she asked her secondary question. The facility is not open, it's not being run; it's being maintained, in administration, on a care-and-maintenance basis while COVID-19 runs.

We have not denied any aged-care provider support during the COVID-19 outbreak. In fact, we've invested more than $1.6 billion in the aged-care sector during COVID-19—$1.6 billion is what we have invested. We continue to support this sector, to ensure that it can provide all of the things that Senator Keneally talked about, and that's what we will continue to do. We have proactively worked with this sector. We have continued to invest in this sector. We have put $1.6 billion into the aged-care sector just for COVID-19. (Time expired)