Nick Champion (Wakefield, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to speak on Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2009-2010 and Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2009-2010. Just on some of the remarks of the member for Herbert: I would also like to congratulate Jonathan and welcome him here. It sounds as if he is the son of a cane farmer out of Queensland. There are a few of them around the place. We look forward to seeing him back here at some time in the future. On the GP superclinics: I have a GP superclinic that is opening in 2011 as well. You cannot expect the current government to fix up the decade’s worth of malpractice by the previous government and the opposition leader, who pulled a billion dollars out of health and slashed GP training places. You cannot expect us to fix all of that overnight. It takes time to put in place tenders. It takes time—

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