Helen Haines (Indi, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, Albury-Wodonga desperately needs a new hospital on the border. Last year the member for Farrer said the government is 100 per cent behind a new hospital, but Senator Hume has said the government does not have a funding role. The Deputy Prime Minister has said the same. But that's not true. The government gave Shellharbour Hospital $128 million and Geelong hospital $50 million before the last election. So which is it, Treasurer? Does the government fund regional hospitals or not, and will you commit $300 million for a new cross-border hospital in Albury-Wodonga as soon as possible?

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