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Maeve Bannister

ADF not surrogate aged care workforce: PM

Mobilising ADF personnel will not make aged care staffing problems disappear, Scott Morrison says. (AAP)

As the aged care sector faces ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks and staff shortages, providers want the Australian Defence Force called in to assist.

But Prime Minister Scott Morrison says defence personnel are "not a surrogate aged care workforce".

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