Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Sydney jumps in. There are two great achievements from the member for Sydney, the former health minister in the Labor government. It was the GP superclinics, and we know what has happened there: there are vacant paddocks across the country where people were supposed to be seeing GP superclinics. They have never been built. Do you know what happened when we came into government? We had a department and 23 outside agencies, presided over by Australia's worst health minister, Tanya Plibersek. When you look at the Medicare Locals, this is the other crowning achievement, or so she claims. We know that money was wasted through this network—

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