Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

It is, absolutely. It is just like The Truman Show.

Let us look behind the scenes. I would like to examine this answer that was given. It was interesting. It said that, apparently, the first formal negotiations in relation to the National Health and Hospitals Network commenced in February 2010 with the establishment of the COAG health reform working group. This working group comprised Commonwealth and state and territory officials from first ministers’ departments. Of course the first ministers are actually premiers. We know that from later in the answer. So here we have these meetings that have been undertaken with the premiers, the health departments and the treasuries. The working group met on four days—5 February, 5 March, 19 March and 29 March. It begs the question: why did we have this public sham outrage by the premiers?