'Underprepared': aged care royal commission investigates coronavirus response

Sally Whyte
Updated August 10 2020 - 8:03pm, first published 5:57pm

NSW Health resisted sending residents at Newmarch House to hospital in order to avoid setting a "precedent," the aged care royal commission has heard, among evidence showing the sector was vastly unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic.

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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