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Aged care minister Richard Colbeck went to Ashes Test on same day he declined to appear at Covid committee
Colbeck had cited urgent work fighting Omicron, but has now registered he was attending Hobart cricket match
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The aged care and sport minister, Richard Colbeck, attended the Ashes cricket on the same day he declined to appear at the Covid-19 committee citing officials’ “urgent and critical” work combating Omicron.
In an update to his register of interests, Colbeck declared that he received “sponsored travel or hospitality” to attend three days of the Hobart Test between Australia and England from Friday 14 to Sunday 16 January.
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