Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Chisholm, I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Health, by no later than noon on 28 March 2018, documents held or prepared by the Department of Health, National Health Funding Administrator, the office of the Minister for Health and/or the office of the Prime Minister:

(a) listing for each of the years 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17, the amount:

  (i) remitted by the Commonwealth for block funded public hospital services in Queensland under the National Health Reform Agreement,

  (ii) remitted by the Commonwealth for activity-based funded public hospital services in Queensland under the National Health Reform Agreement,

  (iii) remitted by Queensland for block funded public hospital services in Queensland under the National Health Reform Agreement, and

  (iv) remitted by Queensland for activity-based funded public hospital services in Queensland under the National Health Reform Agreement;

(b) listing for each of the years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20, the amount projected to be paid by the Commonwealth in respect of public hospital services in Queensland and incorporated in the current budget forward estimates;

(c) source documentation and data for the information in (a) and (b), including documents disclosing any workings or calculations required to provide the information; and

(d) documents, including briefing notes, internal memoranda, and emails disclosing evidence for the claim by government members that Queensland reduced public hospital expenditure by $63 million in the 2017-18 state budget.

James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The government welcomes the opportunity to highlight our record funding support for Queensland's public hospitals. It is worth noting that all information relating to the Commonwealth's funding contribution to Queensland public hospitals and the Queensland and Labor government's cuts to health services in 2017-18 are already publicly available online.

Question agreed to.