Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I'll ask the Minister for Health to add to this, but I want to record, with respect to Caboolture Hospital, the shocking lies that are being told by the Labor Party in Longman. These are the facts: the government is spending a record amount on public hospitals in Queensland and, in particular, in the metro north hospital network. The truck that the Labor Party is towing around Longman saying that the federal government is cutting funding to hospitals in Queensland, let alone at Caboolture Hospital, is a lie. It is an absolute lie. In fact, we've seen a 53 per cent increase in funding to local hospitals in that area, including to Caboolture Hospital, and there is record GP bulk-billing in that electorate of 93 per cent—

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