Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

I am rising today to talk about the shocking health cuts in New South Wales. The first Abbott budget slashed $50 billion from public hospitals around the country—cuts, of course, that every member of the cabinet signed off on. That is $15 billion out of New South Wales hospitals up to 2020-25 and $1.2 billion over the next four years alone. Then we look at the cuts the Baird Liberal government has also made: $3 billion cut from health—that is 3,600 hospital workers sacked; $2.2 billion of cuts in services; and $775 million in staffing cuts.

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