Senate debates

Tuesday, 25 August 2020

Questions without Notice

COVID-19: Aged Care

2:45 pm

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

As I have said: I am not going to allow the Labor Party to try to attempt any suggestion that this government has not put its full focus on the management of this entire COVID-19 outbreak. I have been present at the subcommittee of cabinet meetings since March to discuss it on each of the occasions that it has convened. Since July, that would be daily or, sometimes, twice-daily to manage the circumstances in Victoria.

The outbreak in Victoria has had the full attention of me, my fellow ministers who are involved in that subcommittee of cabinet and the Prime Minister on a daily basis since the outbreak— (Time expired)

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