Morrison government to blame for aged care failures during pandemic – Senate report

The Labor-chaired committee found there was a failure to anticipate crippling staff shortages and high demand for protective equipment

The first report of the Senate inquiry into the Morrison government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic has found a range of deficiencies in the response and concluded the national health strategy was not clearly explained to the public until July.

The report of the Labor-chaired committee, tabled on Wednesday night, states the government did not have adequate [public health] plans in place either before, or during the pandemic" and it failed to properly prepare the aged care and disability sectors for the pandemic".