Page 1671 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 3 June 2014
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Mr Hanson interjecting—
MS GALLAGHER: You might laugh about it. You are the only Liberal leader in the country that is laughing about it. We have Campbell Newman, we have Mike Baird, we have Adam Giles, we have Denis Napthine—they are all cross, Jeremy. It is time you joined their group. They are the ones that know what has happened in this budget.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
MS GALLAGHER: Sorry, Madam Speaker: Mr Hanson.
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, cease interjecting.
MS GALLAGHER: They are the ones that understand what happened. We signed up to national health reform that had commitments going out beyond the forward estimates period about the way health funding should be shared. But the immediate issue for this city and for our health services is the removal. It might sound easy to the federal health minister to remove a line like a funding guarantee or indexation; that will not matter to the elderly person that needs an elective surgery operation when they remove those lines. That is what has contributed to the $40 million reduction this next financial year, coming on 1 July. That is the reality of what hits our budget.
We can talk about the $80 billion and you can be an apologist for Tony Abbott and his government.
Mr Smyth interjecting—
MS GALLAGHER: Actually, it works for you guys. If you want to be an apologist all the way to 2016, you keep going.
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Order, Mr Hanson! You have asked your question.
MS GALLAGHER: The reality is that on 1 July this year there will be a $47 million reduction from the health special purpose payment grant. That is the reality. You should stick up for Canberra. It is going to be your constituents who are affected by these cuts.
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MS GALLAGHER: Well, they haven’t heard a thing from you.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! Mr Hanson, I warn you.
MS GALLAGHER: They have not heard a thing. (Time expired.)
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