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

As I explained in my answer to the primary question, by agreement with the Victorian government, we have since 11 August been using the Victorian data to reconcile deaths in Victoria. We had an understanding that there were some differences in the data, and those differences have actually been publicly reported for a period of time. We—the Australian government and the Victorian government—understood that there wouldn't be a reconciliation required to understand that. We made a requirement that aged-care providers report all of that information into the Victorian system, and that work has continued cooperatively. There are some differences in the way that some of the deaths are classified and we continue to work our way through that process, cooperatively with Victoria.