Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

It is not in one of those Labor electorates. So I think the member for Ballarat was maybe focused on directing funding to Labor electorates. The Auditor-General thought so. What happened when we wanted to build an integrated cancer care centre? The state government put in $15 million. The local community put in $5 million. They went to the federal government and said, 'Would you put in $10 million?' Silence—absolute silence. What had to happen? A coalition government had to be elected federally to deliver the $10 million, and that integrated cancer care centre is now being built. It is being constructed. What did we get from the other side when they were asked to provide for that? Nothing, not a brass razoo. They would not know a regional or rural electorate if they fell over one. That is the truth.

So let's put an end to these fairytales, to these stories, and get back to the facts. There will be more funding delivered into our health services this year than has ever been delivered in this nation's history. That is the fact. You might not like it over there, but do not come in here making up stories, making up fairytales, when you know them to be untrue. Come in here with the real data and let's have a proper argument.

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