Andrew Wilkie (Denison, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Deputy Speaker, I have been misrepresented most grievously. Yesterday in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, the Greens health spokesperson asked Premier Lara Giddings to detail how much of the $340 million I secured for the Royal Hobart Hospital would be deducted from Tasmania's future GST allocation. The Premier is reported as saying $88 million will be clawed back each year for three years, which would amount to a total of $264 million. This figure is a fantasy, apparently concocted by the Tasmanian Labor government to shift blame to me for the dreadful state of the Tasmanian budget, a fantasy perpetuated by the Greens who do not want the hospital to be rebuilt and are prepared to play political games with public health policy.

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