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

Again, Senator Gallagher knows exactly what I was doing and when I was doing it, and she continuously and dishonestly misrepresents the circumstances. She knows that I spent most of Friday working on trying to deal with the issues that the aged-care sector was facing at the time, including blockages in supply chains that a lot of the industry around the country was dealing with at the time which was inhibiting the supply of crucial supplies. I made some decisions with respect to the events that I attended over that period of time, but I was always available, and I always continued to work in respect of supporting the aged-care sector. People will criticise me, as they will. I have to take that on the chin, but I— (Time expired)