Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I've already said I will come back on the specifics of the consultation, but I do know that we've got the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce, and there's a range of consultative mechanisms that Minister Butler has put in place to deal with the pressures that we inherited from your term in government. The reality is that you don't have a primary care crisis happen over two months. This has been building for years. The workforce shortages have been building for years. We had an inquiry that, I think, Senator Green chaired—you chaired it, didn't you, Senator Green?—into this specific matter, which made recommendations in order to deal with some of the pressures that were experienced on your watch. There is more to do, but we also have to deal with workforce shortages in other areas of the country. (Time expired)