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

The aged-care sector are under extreme stress in this country. We've acknowledged that. All of us from the Prime Minister down have acknowledged that, and we continue to work with the sector in support of them and, most importantly, the residents that are in aged-care facilities. The approach that the Labor Party are taking, demonising the sector, and the effects are making it very, very difficult for us to strike the appropriate balance between residents having visitors and residents not having visitors and being locked in their rooms. Their approach is actually hurting residents in aged care, not helping them.