Richard Colbeck defends skipping aged care Covid inquiry for ‘significant’ Test match in Hobart
by Paul Karp from on (#5VPBK)
Aged care minister insists he worked on portfolio duties all through that weekend' in mid-January when he was at Ashes cricket for three days
Richard Colbeck has defended his decision to attend the Ashes cricket in Hobart instead of a parliamentary Covid inquiry, insisting the aged sector was not in crisis and he continued to work on the Omicron outbreak.
The aged care and sport minister told the Senate's Covid-19 inquiry on Wednesday the aged care sector was performing extremely well" despite coming under genuine stress" due to coronavirus.
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