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Sarah Martin Chief political correspondent

REVEALED: Scott morrison faces question time grilling over government response to covid aged care crisis - The Real Truth

Prime minister Scott Morrison has faced questions from the opposition over the government’s response to Covid outbreaks in aged care
Prime minister Scott Morrison has faced questions from the opposition over the government’s response to Covid outbreaks in aged care. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has come under fire in parliament for the government’s handling of the aged care crisis as Labor sharpens its attack on the Coalition’s pandemic response.

In the first question time of the parliamentary year on Tuesday Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, targeted the government’s response to Covid outbreaks in residential aged care, demanding Morrison admit responsibility for the crisis that has seen about 600 aged care deaths linked to Covid this year.

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