Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister support Labor's commitment to invest $10 million for a chemotherapy treatment service at Caboolture Hospital?

Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question. I note that we have record funding from the federal government to the Metro North Hospital network, which includes a 53 per cent increase to local hospitals compared to the level of funding under Labor. That includes Caboolture Hospital. The claim that Labor is making in the Longman electorate that the government is cutting funding to Caboolture Hospital is an outrageous lie. That goes further than simply recording the fact that what Labor is saying is untrue and setting the record straight; it tells us a lot about the character of the Labor Party—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition on a point of order.

Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It is on direct relevance. I asked a specific question: would the Prime Minister support Labor's commitment of $10 million for a chemotherapy treatment service at Caboolture Hospital, yes or no?

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question was very specific. The Prime Minister's entitled to a preamble, but he will need to come to the specific question or complete his answer.

Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The record funding that we're providing to Caboolture Hospital flies in the face of the falsehoods that Labor is spreading around the Longman electorate. There has never been more federal money going to Caboolture Hospital than there is at the moment, and those lies that are being told in Longman speak very profoundly about the character of the Labor Party and its untrustworthy leader.