Scott Morrison has blamed the Victorian government for COVID-19 failures in aged care, saying state authorities were responsible for the pandemic spread in facilities regulated by the Commonwealth.
More than 260 people living in federal government-subsidised aged care centres have died from COVID-19, and there have been another 1500 confirmed cases among residents and 1400 among staff.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
