Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

What I am disappointed to hear from the Liberals on the other side is that Senator Nash, in pre-preparing her supplementary question, did not listen to the primary answer that I gave in respect of her question. On top of the Commonwealth investing $600 million in elective surgery, on top of $1 billion in public hospital funding, we have committed to investing a further $10 billion in the health and hospital fund to do precisely what Senator Nash is talking about—to help states increase their capital infrastructure in the longer term. It is disappointing that Senator Nash managed not to hear the answer to the primary question and wishes to ask it again in the supplementary. We are also boosting the hospital workforce by investing the $34 million. But, in addition to that, what we are doing is actually doing something, unlike the Liberals when they were in government and failed to address it— (Time expired)