Craig Thomson (Dobell, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I hesitate to comment on the member for O’Connor’s contribution, but I think a couple of points need to be made and put in the Hansard. The work that doctors, nurses and other health professionals in public hospitals do is first class. It is world class and it should not be denigrated in this particular place. Having represented health workers—doctors, nurses, ambulance officers and health workers of all sorts—for over 19 years, I found some of the member for O’Connor’s remarks offensive. There are people who are saving lives and doing a fantastic job in our public hospital system in every state around this country.

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