Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health and Aged Care) | Hansard source

I want to thank the member for her question. In particular, in terms of support for aged care the government has made sure that we have taken a series of steps, firstly, through the pandemic, and, secondly, in terms of systemic reform in response to the royal commission, which the Prime Minister called in response to the tragedy and the travesty which was the Oakden nursing home under the state-run previous public health system in South Australia, under the previous government there as well.

In terms of the actions that have been taken during the course of the pandemic, we have, at this stage, delivered 83.4 per cent of booster coverage to the eligible population, 100 per cent of facilities have had visits and over 300 have had a second visit for boosters—to go back and to encourage. In terms of workforce—

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