Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I am just trying to recall the seat that the member represents—McPherson. Congratulations for winning the preselection for McPherson, too. In terms of Commonwealth arrangements on hospital funding, the government remain committed, as we have since being elected, to reforming hospital funding in Australia. What we have done since the election, what has been negotiated most recently at COAG, is that 50 per cent of funding of the COAG arrangements will be done by the federal government. From 2014 to 2020, there will be $16 billion extra spent by the Commonwealth in this COAG arrangement. When we have a look at what has been done in terms of health reform and the efforts of the opposition—

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