Sue Boyce (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

He did; he said it over and over. He even suggested that he had finished the blame game. The best way to finish the blame game in Queensland is to finish the government of Premier Bligh, the inept Labor government of Queensland. We could solve many of the problems of Queensland by getting rid of the government that has not ‘just’ discovered that it has problems in the hospital system but known for well over three years that the hospital system is in crisis. Part of the reason that it is in crisis is its inability to do anything other than throw more bureaucrats at the system and its inability to change the culture of cover-up. In fact, in many ways, it has encouraged the further development of a culture of cover-up that has gone on and on. So, Mr Rudd, pay attention: Queensland’s hospital system has failed, Ms Bligh has completely failed and, if you are serious about fixing hospitals in Queensland, you should have started yesterday so that the citizens of Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton—