Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Eight new beds for a hospital that has its corridors bursting with people. This bill will only make that critical situation in Queensland worse. I would certainly urge all senators to oppose this bill to at least give the Queensland health system a bit of a chance of recovering rather than throwing additional patients into an already grossly overcrowded system.