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Federal government did not prepare aged care sector adequately for COVID: royal commission

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The royal commission into aged care has said government did not prepare the sector well enough for the pandemic.

In a damning report the commission rejected the government’s repeated claim it had a plan for aged care, which is a federal responsibility.

The commission said that now “is not the time for blame” for what happened in...

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