Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

We have smashing outsourcing and we have outsourcing. What you see when you outsource health to Queensland are cuts. We have seen cuts to Breastscreen Queensland. We have seen reported cuts of $80 million to hospital services in Brisbane. We have seen plans to cut 4,000 jobs from the health service, the axing of 30 beds from the Prince Charles Hospital in Chermside and surgeries put on hold at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. You know what? We wanted to build 55 mental health beds in Queensland. Here it is in this 2011 budget press release—

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