Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Regional Communications) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Senator Brown. As you know—as everybody in this chamber knows—any change to GST distribution is a result of all states and territories having to agree. You ask about the conversations I may or may not have had with state health ministers. I have spent the last four weeks, obviously, getting across the portfolio as a result of the changes made just prior to Christmas. I have been out at Broken Hill, Moranbah and Gympie, talking to the Royal Flying Doctor Service on how we can improve health services to regional—