Mass failures in unheard-of, deadly aged-care outbreak An aged care centre's operator has apologised after a coroner found residents were left without medication, food and water during a deadly COVID-19 outbreak. AAP · Jan 23, 2025
Class action filed over aged care home COVID-19 deaths Shine Lawyers have filed a class action against Anglicare on behalf of family members of residents who died during the pandemic at Newmarch House. The New Daily · Apr 20, 2023
Senior doctor tells Newmarch House COVID-19 inquest of his 'crisis day' as the nursing home outbreak unfolded A senior doctor has told the inquest into Newmarch House care and infection control were "severely compromised" due to critical staff shortages, and he had been looking for help before the outbreak escalated. ABC News · Aug 17, 2022
Newmarch House findings set for 2023 The findings of an inquest into 19 deaths during a COVID-19 outbreak at Sydney's Newmarch House in early 2020 will be handed down next year. AAP · Aug 12, 2022
Newmarch COVID outbreak a 'horror movie' A nurse who worked at Newmarch House during a COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 has described the aged care facility as a war zone and a horror movie. AAP · Aug 8, 2022
Inquest hears of desperate struggle to care for elderly residents during COVID outbreak at Newmarch House A Newmarch House worker tells an inquiry about the desperate struggle to provide care for vulnerable residents as COVID-19 spread through the Western Sydney facility, resulting in 19 deaths. ABC News · Aug 2, 2022
Newmarch COVID response 'appallingly bad' The management of a COVID-19 outbreak at Newmarch House in early 2020 has been described as "appallingly bad" as an inquest into 19 deaths continues. AAP · Jul 27, 2022
Angry relatives detail Newmarch flaws Relatives of residents who died during a 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at Newmarch House were angry and concerned about the aged care home's response to the disease. AAP · Jul 26, 2022
Newmarch House COVID-19 inquest told residents went without food, oxygen during outbreak An inquest into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 19 aged care residents in a Western Sydney nursing home in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic hears details about the final days of their lives. ABC News · Jul 25, 2022
Sydney news: Heavy fog delays flights and prompts road weather alert for Sydney's west MORNING BRIEFING: Travellers have once again been severely impacted by heavy fog and technical problems, causing flight delays at Sydney Airport and a road weather warning. ABC News · Jul 24, 2022