Federal Minister intervened at Newmarch House amid coronavirus chaos

Sally Whyte
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:12am, first published August 12 2020 - 4:30am
Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck intervened in the Newmarch House response to the coronavirus outbreak, after tensions between various authorities over the transfer of residents to hospital threatened to boil over.

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Sally Whyte

Sally Whyte

Federal Politics Reporter

I report on a range of issues in federal politics and the public service, with a real passion for how decisions made in Canberra affect the lives of Australians.

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