A Sydney aged care home where 19 residents died from COVID-19 turned into a place of “chaos and dysfunctionality” due to lack of staffing and poor communication, an inquest has heard. Anglicare’s Newmarch House saw a 65-day coronavirus outbreak between ...

The aged care royal commission has heard evidence that the government had no COVID-19 plan for the aged care sector, leading to one of the highest aged care death rates in the world. In his opening remarks on Monday, counsel ...