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

It is regrettable that health workers around the country are being questioned by those opposite. At least when Craig Thomson was in this place he pretended to reflect the interests of people within hospitals around the country. He might have had other failings, but he did not bag health workers out like these people opposite are. We will not stand for it. We will defend the level of training of our doctors and nurses in hospitals. We have the best response capacity in the world. We will provide support to those doctors and nurses. We will not stand by and see Labor trash the reputation of health workers in this country. They should provide support on a bipartisan basis and stop their political nonsense.

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