Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Assistant Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

It would seem that those on the other side, perhaps, have not been clearly listening to the government in the indications of what we are going to do into the future. The senator knows very well that the Medicare Locals are under review. We are properly going to assess a range of things across the department for their efficacy and to ensure they are appropriately utilising taxpayers' dollars. It would be inappropriate of me to pre-empt what the outcome of that is going to be. The senator would know that, when we have current assessment arrangements in place, it would be entirely inappropriate of me to indicate to the chamber the outcome of arrangements that are underway.