Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians) Share this | Hansard source

The government had provided some assistance to the administrator to extend the period of administration in an attempt to find an alternative provider to take over the facilities of DP Jones. We were coming to the end of that process, and there were still some discussions we wanted to continue with respect to that. The decision was made to provide additional resources to extend the period of administration so that the negotiations with prospective providers could be undertaken.