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11.27pm BST
Julie Collins is on the ABC – the Labor shadow aged care minister is leading Labor’s charge against the government on its aged care response during the pandemic.
Well, the current government has been in government for seven years. They have had four ministers. Scott Morrison himself ripped billions of dollars out in the high-care funding for aged care residents. 1.2 in one budget and half a billion in another budget, cut by Scott Morrison, to aged care services in Australia under this government.
The Prime Minister called a royal commission.
11.21pm BST
Not sure how this word hasn’t turned up in the Hansard since 2006, but there you go.
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Continue reading…Labor to ramp up calls in parliament to extend current level of wage subsidy as NSW focuses on Covid-19 community transmission in Sydney’s west and south-west. Follow liveFollow the global live blogAustralian stats interactiveNSW cases map; NSW hotspots list; Qld hotspots listVictoria and Melbourne trend mapSign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email 11.27pm BSTJulie Collins is on the ABC – the Labor shadow aged care minister is leading Labor’s charge against the government on its aged care response during the pandemic.Well, the current government has been in government for seven years. They have had four ministers. Scott Morrison himself ripped billions of dollars out in the high-care funding for aged care residents. 1.2 in one budget and half a billion in another budget, cut by Scott Morrison, to aged care services in Australia under this government. The Prime Minister called a royal commission. 11.21pm BSTNot sure how this word hasn’t turned up in the Hansard since 2006, but there you go.egomaniac Continue reading…