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

The interjections from the other side demonstrate that the Labor Party aren't interested in the reality of the circumstances out there. They're only interested in playing their cheap, nasty, dirty, personal politics. That's what they do.

I would like to put on the record here today my thanks and congratulations to the sector and the workforce for the work that they have done through the pandemic and for their improved performance. In 2020, 7.5 per cent of infections in this country were in aged care. This year, in 2022, that number is 0.6 per cent of infections. That is the result of the work that the sector has done in conjunction with government. That is due to the infection control leads that were put in there and funded by the government back in 2020. It's the result of the infection control training that aged-care workers and providers have put in place. It's put in place— (Time expired)