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

(—) (): The first thing I'll do is acknowledge, again, the magnificent work that aged-care providers and their workforce have done during COVID. We know that they've doubled up on shifts. We know that they've worked really hard in the interests of the residents that they're caring for. We understand that, and we've supported the aged-care sector with PPE, with rapid antigen tests, with surge workforce and with a program to cover the additional costs of managing a COVID-19 outbreak within a facility. A whole range of measures have been in place right through the pandemic. At certain points of time during the pandemic, there have been circumstances that have arisen that have impacted on the capacity to appropriately deliver those services. I've just been telling the chamber about the issues we've had with supply chains. (Time expired)