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

The question is an example of how cheap the Labor Party are really trying to be in relation to the delivery of aged-care services. It's impossible for me, from the question, to try and interpret the decisions that Sue has had to make, but I acknowledge how difficult they are. I acknowledge how difficult they are, and we have provided over 80,000 shifts of surge workforce around the country and we have provided additional resources wherever we can. We have not spared any expense with respect to supporting the sector with those workforces. I know that the choices that Sue has had to make are going to be difficult, and they are the stresses that all Australians have felt through the healthcare system, through the aged-care system, through the NDIS and through a whole range of workplaces in managing COVID-19. (Time expired)