Andrew Wilkie (Clark, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Health. Minister, I discussed with you recently the finding by respected health analyst Martyn Goddard that, since 2014, the Tasmanian government has failed to spend on health some $1.6 billion of GST funding earmarked for health. This is obviously no small matter in light of the systemic public health crisis being experienced in Tasmania, nor is it disputed, as a recent AAP FactCheck confirmed that the Tasmanian government has indeed misspent $1.6 billion of federal health funding. Minister, will you hold the Tasmanian government to account for this deadly dereliction of its core responsibility to provide effective health services, and what safeguards will you put in place to prevent this misconduct in the future?

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