Page 2807 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 17 September 2014
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MS GALLAGHER: I know when Mr Hanson does not like the answer. I know when it gets uncomfortable. It is when everyone starts interjecting. But that is the reality: the hospital is well placed to deal with the demands that are being placed on it. I am very proud of the record that the Labor government has in relation to the investments in health—
Opposition members interjecting—
MS GALLAGHER: and I am happy to list them all for you as I did yesterday if that addresses the facts as opposed to the heckling that is coming from those opposite.
MADAM SPEAKER: A supplementary question, Mr Doszpot.
MR DOSZPOT: Minister, are your priorities wrong when you have hospitals that are full but announce $800 million in light rail?
MS GALLAGHER: As Mr Doszpot will know from the debate yesterday, the government has already invested $878 million in capital expenditure across the health system since 2008: $878 million.
Mr Coe interjecting—
MS GALLAGHER: I am not sure what aspect of that infrastructure Mr Coe does not like. Is it the new enhanced Belconnen Community Health Centre that serves his constituents? Perhaps it is the Tuggeranong one. Maybe it is the Capital Region Cancer Centre. Maybe it is the women’s and children’s hospital. Maybe it is the neuro suite. Maybe it is the additional operating theatres. Maybe it is the new ICU at Calvary. Maybe it is the new emergency department facilities across both hospitals.
Members interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
MS GALLAGHER: Is it that that you do not like: $878 million in infrastructure into the health system, and that is just year to date? Wait until the additional investment in the health system continues with a new hospital at the University of Canberra and the significant rebuild that is yet to happen on the Canberra Hospital site.
MADAM SPEAKER: Before I call the next person to ask a question could I remind members of standing order 42 that says that remarks in the chamber should be addressed to the chair and that if members want to make a rhetorical point they can make it just as well by addressing the issues through the chair rather than talking to members on the benches opposite them.
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: I did hear someone scoff but I did not hear who it was. Although it is disorderly, people need to reflect on how they conduct themselves.
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