Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

What have we done for the last 12 months? We have tried to fix up the 11½ years of neglect that occurred under your government. You must know that, and you know that 11½ years of patch-up has got to be turned around. We have been dealt a very difficult situation in this portfolio. There have been 11½ years of neglect by the previous government and you are demanding that in 12 months the mess of the past, in such a complex area of regulation, has to be fixed up.