David Feeney (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I will refer to the Leader of the Opposition in the appropriate terms, Mr Deputy President. Securing the health workforce of the future by training 1,000 extra nurses a year and over 6,000 more doctors over the next decade is a real and tangible achievement. In e-health, personal electronic health records for every Australian will realise real gains. It will minimise medication errors and make the delivery of health services simpler and more efficient. E-health will connect Australians to specialists and after-hours GPs with telehealth and broadband. But I forget that broadband itself is loathed by those opposite. Perhaps under your amendments a carrier pigeon could fill that role! Around prevention, we have implemented the world’s strongest anti-smoking campaign—one which, tragically, has had no effect on me—including the world’s first plain packaging; combating obesity (perhaps another personal weakness); alcohol abuse (there I am on safe ground)— (Time expired)