Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, my question is to the Acting Prime Minister. It goes to the Queensland budget statement and the $16 billion cuts and the statement that 'the most significant federal change was an $80 billion funding cut to all states for schools and hospitals' and that 'this is a massive cost shift by the Commonwealth'. I ask the Acting Prime Minister why he will not recognise that this is a serious problem for states delivering schools and hospitals.

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