The Latest Breaking News from Richard Colbeck

Survey finds 97% of Australia’s aged care workers have not received $800 bonus

Staff across Australia take first steps towards industrial action as promised payments are caught up in bureaucratic delays

The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2022

When Omicron peaked, the number of aged care residents dying without COVID-19 jumped too, new data reveals

During the Omicron wave, there was a "highly statistically significant" jump in the number of people who died in aged care without COVID-19, according to a prominent epidemiologist.

ABC News · Mar 22, 2022

The hundreds who’ve died this year in Australia nursing homes deserve justice at the election

The Morrison government has wreaked carnage in the sector but without an alternative it may not matter at the polling booth

The Guardian - AU · Feb 20, 2022

Parliament debates character test bill – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 15, 2022

George Christensen claims a new study found ivermectin has anti-viral properties. But that's not the full story

Nationals backbencher George Christensen this week shared a new Japanese study which he said proves ivermectin has "anti-viral" properties. But that's not the full story.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2022

Alan Kohler: Aged care needs compulsory national insurance

It’s obvious that aged care is underfunded. Elderly residents will see it displayed in crisp khaki next week when soldiers show up to call the bingo.

The New Daily · Feb 9, 2022

Scott Morrison says Richard Colbeck has appeared before the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 'many, many times'. Is that correct?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison claims Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, Richard Colbeck, has appeared before the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 on "countless occasions". Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2022

Scott Morrison faces question time grilling over government response to Covid aged care crisis

Labor sharpens attack on Coalition’s handling of pandemic and again calls for aged care minister Richard Colbeck to be sacked

The Guardian - AU · Feb 8, 2022

Aged care minister bucks calls to resign

Aged Care Services Minister Richard Colbeck has defended the handling of the COVID-19 response in the sector in parliament.

AAP · Feb 7, 2022

View From The Hill: Aged care residents are paying for lessons not learned fast enough

Richard Colbeck had to face the music this week over attending the fifth test in his home state of Tasmania when he’d told the Senate COVID committee he was too busy working on the Omicron wave spreading through aged care to appear.

The Conversation · Feb 4, 2022