Senate debates

Monday, 7 December 2020

Questions without Notice

COVID-19: People with Disability

2:26 pm

Photo of Catryna BilykCatryna Bilyk (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability's report into COVID-19 found that the Morrison government was responsible for significant failings from the onset of the pandemic. The royal commission heard evidence that a disabled woman was bedridden for nine days, surviving only on muesli bars with no help for meals or care. How many Australians living with disability were left behind by the Morrison government and forced to survive without meals or care?

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