Justine Elliot (Richmond, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

I hear the member for McPherson raising the issue of Murwillumbah hospital. I note that she has raised this issue a number of times in the House. Indeed, the Nationals Senator Fiona Nash has also raised it. I find it quite interesting that they have raised this. As I said before, this government is putting massive amounts of money back into our hospitals after the inaction of the previous government. We also have the $10 billion Health and Hospitals Fund. We are very proud of that commitment.

As the member for McPherson and Senator Nash know, service delivery is a state issue. Maybe the member for McPherson and Senator Fiona Nash think they are in state parliament. We know Senator Nash is keen to run for a state seat and has her eye on the Tweed. That is why she flies into Tweed and flies out again.

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