Aged Care Minister richardmcolbeck has outlined and defended the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis in the nation’s troubled aged care sector amid criticisms of ill-preparedness.
|Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck has outlined and defended the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis in the nation’s troubled aged care sector amid criticisms of ill-preparedness. Speaking to the Senate, Mr Colbeck insisted “I have been there, we have been there, every step of the way every day … we have not stopped planning, adapting and implementing”. “For us this has never been about politics, the operation of the national cabinet demonstrates that,” he said.
“Labor can have their ‘gotcha’ moments, they can ridicule and show disrespect to our most senior medical officials on the use of language at COVID meetings. “Labor’s games will not change a thing for the Australians who need our help the most.” The Minister said he worked closely with his Victorian counterpart during the health crisis and had reached out to multiple Labor MPs to assist them in identifying coronavirus outbreaks in their electorates.
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