Santo Santoro (Queensland, Liberal Party, Minister for Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

One example was the example of Dr Death. Just last week the federal member for Dawson exposed yet more flaws in the supposedly tough new quality controls of the Beattie government that have supposedly been put in place following a series of Queensland hospital fiascos. As the Senate can see from the statistics I have quoted, the Howard federal government provides rivers of gold to the health systems of the various states, including Queensland, through GST revenue and special purpose grants—rivers of gold that are squandered irresponsibly by state governments such as the outgoing Beattie Labor government.