Senator COLBECK (Tasmania—Minister for Sport and Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services) (14:11): Since 1 January this year, there have been 12,088 infections in residential aged care in Australia. That's residents who have contracted the virus. Of those, the latest data that I've received is that 587 have passed away. I might add at this point that those just over 12,000 infections in 2022 are off the back of over two million infections in the Australian community. Two million— Opposition senators interjecting— Senator COLBECK: The interjections from the other side demonstrate that the Labor Party aren't interested in the reality of the circumstances out there. They're only interested in playing their cheap, nasty, dirty, personal politics. That's what they do. I would like to put on the record here today my thanks and congratulations to the sector and the workforce for the work that they have done through the pandemic and for their improved performance. In 2020, 7.5 per cent of infections in this country were in aged care. This year, in 2022, that number is 0.6 per cent of infections. That is the result of the work that the sector has done in conjunction with government. That is due to the infection control leads that were put in there and funded by the government back in 2020. It's the result of the infection control training that aged-care workers and providers have put in place. It's put in place— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Bilyk, a supplementary question?