Federal Minister intervened at Newmarch House amid coronavirus chaos

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.
The management of the outbreak at Newmarch House is being interrogated by the aged care royal commission, which has heard chaos and lack of clear accountability between federal and state authorities added to the difficult situation.
Of the residents at the aged care home, 37…

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