Stephen Parry (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. The minister struggled to answer the formative question, so he has obviously not realised he has put a burden on states. Will the federal government provide compensation to the states to help them deal with the increased demand in the public hospital system caused by Labor’s ideologically driven private health insurance cuts? This has been requested by state Labor health ministers from Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania?