Aged Care Services Minister Richard Colbeck has defended his decision to attend a cricket match on the same day he declined to attend a COVID-19 committee hearing.

He claimed diverting time and resources away from the outbreak response would “impact the urgent and critical work the department is undertaking”, while instead attending three days of the Ashes.

“He can’t say sorry,” Ben Fordham said.

“Can someone show this bloke the door?”

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