Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Regional Communications) Share this | Hansard source

State Labor Premier Daniel Andrews and his federal Labor lackeys have been alleging so-called funding cuts to Victorian hospitals. So I had a look at the numbers, and interestingly—please don't let the facts get in the way of your hypocrisy—the only cuts to Victorian public hospital funding have been from the state Labor Party government. It's true. At the Colac Hospital, Commonwealth funding increased by 96½ per cent. State government funding decreased by over 98 per cent. In my home town of Benalla, the Commonwealth government funding increased by 116 per cent, whilst under the Andrews government the state contribution has decreased by 25 per cent. It seems that the million dollars Daniel has been spending trying to keep the Ombudsman report quiet could have been better spent on health services for regional Victorians.