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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.

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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

Jeta Gardens resident Lottie Meek died with COVID-19. Her family is angry the facility wasn't better prepared for an outbreak

Sixteen residents at Jeta Gardens have died with COVID-19 since late December, and it's emerged the Aged Care Safety and Quality Commission raised concerns last year about the facility's lack of preparedness for an outbreak.

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Colbeck denies aged-care COVID deaths reflect his performance

Richard Colbeck says the 691 COVID deaths reported in aged care already in 2022 are no indicator of his performance, as he rejects calls to resign.

The New Daily

Richard Colbeck defends saying aged care not in crisis as sector still deals with COVID outbreaks

The Aged Care Services Minister dismisses suggestions he should resign while defending his declaration the sector is not in crisis, amid growing criticism of the government's handling of widespread COVID-19 outbreaks and record deaths.

ABC News

COVID deaths in aged care pass 2020 toll

More people have died in aged care so far this year from COVID-19 than in all of 2020, but Richard Colbeck has rebuffed calls to resign from his ministry.

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Parliament debates character test bill – as it happened

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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.

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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

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

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

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

The day the COVID 'bomb' exploded in Canberra's nursing homes

Warrigal's three aged care homes in the Canberra region had avoided COVID-19 for almost two years. That changed on New Year's Day.

The Canberra Times

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.

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The Guardian - AU

PM shuts down Peter Dutton after defence minister flags sending troops into nursing homes

Scott Morrison says ‘defence forces are not a shadow workforce for the aged care sector’ after minister announces troops could be used ‘if required’

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Eighty-four coronavirus deaths recorded; Morrison backs slow reopening for WA – as it happened

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Michael Pascoe: Aged care, COVID, cheap migrant labour and the minister from the BBC circa 1980

As the spotlight hits the Morrison government’s treatment of aged care workers, we’re to have a task force “examine” deaths in residential aged care.

ABC News

Aged care workers are facing a 'crisis level of exhaustion' as the COVID-19 pandemic continues

Advocates say the Prime Minister's announcement of a one-off bonus payment of $800 for aged care workers will not do enough to fix a system that's broken after years of neglect.

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The New Daily

Minister faces sacking call over aged-care deaths

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has demanded the Aged Care Services Minister resign or be sacked amid the escalating crisis and death toll in aged care.

ABC News

Labor demands Richard Colbeck's resignation as government launches aged care deaths task force

Anthony Albanese calls on the Aged Care Services Minister to resign as the government commissions a task force to analyse deaths in the sector.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese demands Colbeck ‘resign today’ as nation records 82 Covid deaths – as it happened

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Aged Care Services Minister Richard Colbeck defends going to cricket instead of a COVID committee

Richard Colbeck says he has to "live with" his decision to attend the Ashes in Hobart instead of a COVID committee hearing into the Omicron spread in aged care homes.

The Guardian - AU

Richard Colbeck defends skipping aged care Covid inquiry for ‘significant’ Test match in Hobart

Aged care minister insists he worked on portfolio duties ‘all through that weekend’ in mid-January when he was at Ashes cricket for three days

AAP

Minister denies aged care sector in crisis

Aged care services minister Richard Colbeck has defended attending the cricket over a COVID committee hearing, saying he was balancing both of his portfolios.

The Guardian - AU

Nation records 69 Covid deaths as hospital numbers fall – as it happened

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