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

As I said in my first answer, I offer my sincerest condolences, and those of the government, to every single one of those families who lost a loved one. It's a tragedy. Every single life that has been lost is an absolute tragedy. It's the tragedy of this wicked, wicked virus. I offer my apology to them for not knowing the number, as I did in my primary answer. I should have had the information; I didn't, and I take full responsibility for that. I should have had that data. I apologise to those people who I wasn't able to give that answer to.