Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Brockman. On the issue of public hospital funding, there is a simple truth. The truth is the coalition is delivering $42.1 billion to New South Wales hospitals from 2014-15 to 2020-21, while the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd governments delivered only $27 billion to New South Wales hospitals during the time they were in government. All Australians in my home state of New South Wales are benefiting from our delivery of health and wellbeing to Australians.

There was a time, however, that the health of New South Wales residents was put on hold. It was during the time, of course, that Kristina Keneally led the Labor government. The waiting times for elective surgeries in Ryde Hospital blew out completely. (Time expired)