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

The apple never falls far from the tree but in this case the apple is rotten.

Let me focus on Medicare services, which we have already heard are increasing in Bennelong—contrary to the absolute fabrication by Labor's candidate in Bennelong. We also know that that same person has issued another patent lie—a claim that there have been cuts to hospital funding in Bennelong. Each and every year under the coalition government, hospital funding hasn't just gone up in New South Wales; through that process, it has gone up from $220 million to $390 million for the local hospital district in that area. Each year, every year, hospital funding has gone up. Yesterday we heard Kristina Keneally flat-out lie about her own Medicare wait. Today we know that she has flat-out lied about hospital funding in New South Wales and in her own local hospital district. So the lesson at the end of the day is that we are Medi-friends, Labor are Medi-frauds and you cannot trust Kristina Keneally. (Time expired)

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