Scott Morrison's Minister for Aged Care:
— Kimberley Kitching🇦🇺🦘 (@kimbakit) August 21, 2020
⁉️Doesn't know many people in their care have died from coronavirus
⁉️Doesn't know how many people in their care have coronavirus.
No wonder the sector is riddled with greedy Maserati-driving owners and brutally exploited staff #auspol https://t.co/p45oy4TBFM
Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck has conceded the federal government was responsible for infection control in aged care & acknowledged weaknesses in the handling of COVID-19.https://t.co/6VA1DFHdQj#TheProjectTV pic.twitter.com/mtr0jEIl6p
— The Project (@theprojecttv) August 21, 2020
Today the Prime Minister announced an additional $171m for the aged care sector’s response to the disastrous pandemic.
— The Project (@theprojecttv) August 21, 2020
But it was a whole other disaster creating headaches for the PM, a disaster in the shape of his Aged Care Minister#TheProjectTV pic.twitter.com/YNzTIW4ZOp
Unbelievable.
— Jason Clare MP (@JasonClareMP) August 21, 2020
The Minister for Aged Care doesn’t know how many people in aged care have died from Covid-19 or how many have got it #auspol https://t.co/MR0Va3tjiA
This is a deeply uncomfortable exchange but it needs to be seen. Why is the Minister for Aged Care not across the most basic, and tragic, facts? pic.twitter.com/Q8FOQyoGzO
— Julie Collins (@JulieCollinsMP) August 21, 2020
How is it possible that the Minister for Aged Care doesn't know how many people in aged care have passed away from COVID-19, nor how many have the infection?#Auspol #AgedCare #covidcommittee pic.twitter.com/KRAQCFe1Zl
— Katy Gallagher (@SenKatyG) August 21, 2020
If you are the Minister responsible for aged care the number of ppl who have died from Covid19 should be the number one thing that it at the top of your mind! It seems to me he doesn't go to sleep every night thinking about it https://t.co/RJGmf5nleV
— Sally McManus (@sallymcmanus) August 21, 2020
After spending all week trying to duck and weave responsibility for the aged care crisis, this morning the Minister for Aged Care, Richard Colbeck, finally accepts that the Morrison Gov't is actually in charge.
— Katy Gallagher (@SenKatyG) August 21, 2020
They were in charge and they failed.
#Auspol #COVIDCommittee
This is the moment Scott Morrison's Minister for Aged Care couldn't answer how many people have died in the aged care homes they regulate.
— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) August 21, 2020
How are they not across the most basic – and tragic – facts? pic.twitter.com/9jIk7pCT6f
Today we learned that between 10 July and 5 August, when the aged care disaster in Victoria was spiralling out of control, the Minister for Aged Care didn’t brief the Federal Cabinet.
— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) August 21, 2020
His excuse?
“I.T. issues”.
These are the people responsible for aged care in Australia.