Page 989 - Week 03 - Tuesday, 29 March 2011
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MS GALLAGHER: But what you campaigned on was that you were worried that money was going to leave the territory.
Mr Seselja interjecting—
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Mr Hargreaves): Mr Seselja! We have had a good afternoon.
MS GALLAGHER: Now, under the agreement that you like, the money is going to leave the territory.
Mr Seselja interjecting—
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Order! Mr Seselja, we have had a good afternoon so far.
MS GALLAGHER: So it has never been an issue. The real issue for the funding of the health system here, and it is obvious, is the Liberals. It just walked on by them; they did not even realise. The real issue for the ACT in our negotiations has not been about what proportion of your health budget you attribute to national health reform. The real issue has been the higher costs of the ACT health system due to our superannuation arrangements, the cross-border issues and the operations of Calvary, and they are the issues that are going to impact on whether we get a good deal out of national health reform.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Detail stage
Clauses 1 to 4, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 5.
MS GALLAGHER (Molonglo—Deputy Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Health and Minister for Industrial Relations) (5.00): Pursuant to standing order 182A(b), I seek leave to move amendments which are minor and technical in nature.
Leave granted.
MS GALLAGHER: I move amendment No 1 circulated in my name and table the supplementary explanatory statement to the government amendments [see schedule 1 at page 1003].
The first amendment relates to the annual report of the local hospital network council. This amendment serves to make clear that the ACT’s local hospital network council
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