Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Can I again just say that any death in relation to COVID-19 and, indeed, in residential aged care, is a tragedy. I think the behaviour of those opposite in the previous question reflects on them and speaks for itself.

Data on the number of deaths in residential aged care is reported directly from aged-care providers to the department. This is not an official dataset and is used for aged-care surveillance purposes. It is not directly comparable with published figures on the total number of COVID-19 deaths in Australia.