Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. The Earle Haven Retirement Village on the Gold Coast in Queensland recently closed, with more than 70 residents transported to other aged-care facilities and a public hospital. I want to acknowledge that we all feel deeply concerned about the sudden closure of this facility, and our thoughts are with those residents, families, carers and staff. When did the minister first become aware that there was a dispute at the Earle Haven aged-care facility, that it was going to close and that the safety of residents was at risk?