Kristina Keneally (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, Senator Colbeck. An aged-care manager in Victoria who has been forced to work 80-hour weeks due to staff shortages has said:

During our recent outbreak I requested isolation gowns and N95 masks from the national stockpile. Instead, we received latex gloves and hand sanitiser. I laughed, then I went into my office and cried. It's like a bad joke.

More than two years into this pandemic, why is the Morrison-Joyce government still failing aged-care workers?