Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I think the conclusion which people in this House are rapidly drawing is that, when it comes to health and hospitals, those opposite are very sensitive—indeed, exceptionally sensitive—because they are led by a leader who spent four to five years as the Minister for Health and Ageing, right up until the last election, and who has everything to be concerned about when it comes to his record, a record on health and hospitals which includes a billion dollars ripped out of the public hospital system. He says—

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