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

I don't accept the premise of your question, Senator. The government recently put forward a generous funding offer to the states and territories which would deliver $30 billion in new funding to public hospitals over five years from 2020, providing almost $128 billion over five years from 2020. It will see tens of millions of services for Australians in our public hospitals, supporting thousands of new frontline doctors and nurses in those hospitals. Every year would be a record funding amount for every state and territory. We welcome the decision by the New South Wales and Western Australian governments to sign on to an agreement. The former hospital agreement, developed under Labor, allowed for uncapped funding. Labor then refused to back its unfunded $57 billion hospital promise, finding just $2 billion— (Time expired)