Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Well, we do know that not only did Mr Dutton try to introduce a GP tax—and we do know what happened under the Morrison government and the way in which Medicare was run down. But it wasn't just that they didn't care. They were also prepared to rort it, and the Australian National Audit Office report lays bare the rorts and mismanagement of the government that was populated by those opposite. Do you know what the Audit Office found? Your program, the Community Health and Hospitals Program, was effectively a $2 billion slush fund—a $2 billion slush fund, engaged in with no regard for proper process or good governance. The report found that:

… administration of CHHP grants was not appropriate, involving deliberate breaches of the relevant legal requirements and the principles underpinning them.

Maybe, Senator Cash, you might want to talk about legal requirements. (Time expired)