Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make an amendment and move the reporting date out by a week to 7 March.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the following matter be referred to the Finance and Public Administration References Committee for inquiry and report by 7 March 2013:

Implementation of the National Health Reform Agreement with regard to recently announced reductions by the Commonwealth of National Health Reform funding for state hospital services, in particular:

(a) the impact on patient care and services of the funding shortfalls;

(b) the timing of the changes as they relate to hospital budgets and planning;

(c) the fairness and appropriateness of the agreed funding model, including parameters set by the Treasury (including population estimates and health inflation); and

(d) other matters pertaining to the reduction by the Commonwealth of National Health Reform funding and the National Health Reform Agreement.

Question agreed to.