Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

But it was not just Flinders; it was also Port Augusta, where for five hours that day the backup generator failed. So the importance of energy security to health care is absolutely fundamental. It is not just us who think this. As the South Australian HSU—you remember the HSU and your good friend Craig, Leader of the Opposition—itself said:

There is much equipment that runs on power. You have oxygen machines, you have machines that are taking blood pressure automatically, there are breathing apparatus that are run by power.

There could not be a clearer statement from no less than the HSU why energy security in South Australia is so fundamental to health care. They have blown it up at the state level. The Leader of the Opposition wants to do the same at the federal level. He should protect our hospitals and abandon his reckless plans.

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