Shadow Ageing Minister JulieCollinsMP is calling on the Prime Minister to “accept responsibility, apologise to families and say what and where the government has gone wrong and how they are fixing it”.
Shadow Ageing Minister Julie Collins is calling on the Prime Minister to “accept responsibility, apologise to families and say what and where the government has gone wrong and how they are fixing it”. In response to the increasing coronavirus death toll in the aged care sector, Ms Collins said it was clear “the government didn’t do enough soon enough, and we’re now seeing tragic consequences of that”.
“To duck and weave and try to say that somehow he is not responsible for aged care I think is disingenuous and I think the families and loved ones of all those that have been impacted in Victorian and New South Wales aged care facilities deserve better from the Prime Minister.” Ms Collins told Sky News she had little faith in the federal government to implement recommendations outlined in the aged care royal commission.
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