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

It is a shame that those opposite mock the proposal. The Rudd government is doing what those opposite never did in government, which is to make a huge investment in the health system. This funding will support a massive expansion in undergraduate clinical-training places in public hospitals and other health settings. With student numbers rising and hospitals under pressure after years of underfunding by those opposite when they were in government, there have not been enough training places. Without this funding, many doctors would emerge from university with no training places to go to. The Rudd government— (Time expired)