❓ Mr. Board asks if the WA government is receiving more Commonwealth money for health this year. Mr. McGinty confirms they are, but argues it's a real cut due to inflation and a change in the Health Care Agreement, blaming federal Liberals.
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I have a supplementary question. Is the Government receiving more money from the Commonwealth this financial year for the health system than it received last year? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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Of course we are. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: I will indicate how shallow and vacuous that question was from the member for Murdoch. What is the inflation rate for medical expenses, member for Murdoch? It is about eight per cent a year. I am talking about a real cut compared with what we would have had. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: Members opposite can make a superficial point if they want to, but if the old Health Care Agreement had been rolled over, we would have had $110 million more to fund the public hospital system in Western Australia. Because the federal Liberal friends of members opposite - to whom they want to honour their commitment ahead of that to the people of Western Australia - have cut $110 million from our budget, we have an extremely tight financial position that we do not intend to ignore. We need to respond and we have done so. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Of course we are. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: I will indicate how shallow and vacuous that question was from the member for Murdoch. What is the inflation rate for medical expenses, member for Murdoch? It is about eight per cent a year. I am talking about a real cut compared with what we would have had. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: Members opposite can make a superficial point if they want to, but if the old Health Care Agreement had been rolled over, we would have had $110 million more to fund the public hospital system in Western Australia. Because the federal Liberal friends of members opposite - to whom they want to honour their commitment ahead of that to the people of Western Australia - have cut $110 million from our budget, we have an extremely tight financial position that we do not intend to ignore. We need to respond and we have done so. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
Of course we are. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: I will indicate how shallow and vacuous that question was from the member for Murdoch. What is the inflation rate for medical expenses, member for Murdoch? It is about eight per cent a year. I am talking about a real cut compared with what we would have had. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: Members opposite can make a superficial point if they want to, but if the old Health Care Agreement had been rolled over, we would have had $110 million more to fund the public hospital system in Western Australia. Because the federal Liberal friends of members opposite - to whom they want to honour their commitment ahead of that to the people of Western Australia - have cut $110 million from our budget, we have an extremely tight financial position that we do not intend to ignore. We need to respond and we have done so. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: I will indicate how shallow and vacuous that question was from the member for Murdoch. What is the inflation rate for medical expenses, member for Murdoch? It is about eight per cent a year. I am talking about a real cut compared with what we would have had. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: Members opposite can make a superficial point if they want to, but if the old Health Care Agreement had been rolled over, we would have had $110 million more to fund the public hospital system in Western Australia. Because the federal Liberal friends of members opposite - to whom they want to honour their commitment ahead of that to the people of Western Australia - have cut $110 million from our budget, we have an extremely tight financial position that we do not intend to ignore. We need to respond and we have done so. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
Mr J.A. McGINTY: I will indicate how shallow and vacuous that question was from the member for Murdoch. What is the inflation rate for medical expenses, member for Murdoch? It is about eight per cent a year. I am talking about a real cut compared with what we would have had. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: Members opposite can make a superficial point if they want to, but if the old Health Care Agreement had been rolled over, we would have had $110 million more to fund the public hospital system in Western Australia. Because the federal Liberal friends of members opposite - to whom they want to honour their commitment ahead of that to the people of Western Australia - have cut $110 million from our budget, we have an extremely tight financial position that we do not intend to ignore. We need to respond and we have done so. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: Members opposite can make a superficial point if they want to, but if the old Health Care Agreement had been rolled over, we would have had $110 million more to fund the public hospital system in Western Australia. Because the federal Liberal friends of members opposite - to whom they want to honour their commitment ahead of that to the people of Western Australia - have cut $110 million from our budget, we have an extremely tight financial position that we do not intend to ignore. We need to respond and we have done so. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
Mr J.A. McGINTY: Members opposite can make a superficial point if they want to, but if the old Health Care Agreement had been rolled over, we would have had $110 million more to fund the public hospital system in Western Australia. Because the federal Liberal friends of members opposite - to whom they want to honour their commitment ahead of that to the people of Western Australia - have cut $110 million from our budget, we have an extremely tight financial position that we do not intend to ignore. We need to respond and we have done so. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Of course we are. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: I will indicate how shallow and vacuous that question was from the member for Murdoch. What is the inflation rate for medical expenses, member for Murdoch? It is about eight per cent a year. I am talking about a real cut compared with what we would have had. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: Members opposite can make a superficial point if they want to, but if the old Health Care Agreement had been rolled over, we would have had $110 million more to fund the public hospital system in Western Australia. Because the federal Liberal friends of members opposite - to whom they want to honour their commitment ahead of that to the people of Western Australia - have cut $110 million from our budget, we have an extremely tight financial position that we do not intend to ignore. We need to respond and we have done so. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
Of course we are. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: I will indicate how shallow and vacuous that question was from the member for Murdoch. What is the inflation rate for medical expenses, member for Murdoch? It is about eight per cent a year. I am talking about a real cut compared with what we would have had. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: Members opposite can make a superficial point if they want to, but if the old Health Care Agreement had been rolled over, we would have had $110 million more to fund the public hospital system in Western Australia. Because the federal Liberal friends of members opposite - to whom they want to honour their commitment ahead of that to the people of Western Australia - have cut $110 million from our budget, we have an extremely tight financial position that we do not intend to ignore. We need to respond and we have done so. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: I will indicate how shallow and vacuous that question was from the member for Murdoch. What is the inflation rate for medical expenses, member for Murdoch? It is about eight per cent a year. I am talking about a real cut compared with what we would have had. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: Members opposite can make a superficial point if they want to, but if the old Health Care Agreement had been rolled over, we would have had $110 million more to fund the public hospital system in Western Australia. Because the federal Liberal friends of members opposite - to whom they want to honour their commitment ahead of that to the people of Western Australia - have cut $110 million from our budget, we have an extremely tight financial position that we do not intend to ignore. We need to respond and we have done so. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
Mr J.A. McGINTY: I will indicate how shallow and vacuous that question was from the member for Murdoch. What is the inflation rate for medical expenses, member for Murdoch? It is about eight per cent a year. I am talking about a real cut compared with what we would have had. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: Members opposite can make a superficial point if they want to, but if the old Health Care Agreement had been rolled over, we would have had $110 million more to fund the public hospital system in Western Australia. Because the federal Liberal friends of members opposite - to whom they want to honour their commitment ahead of that to the people of Western Australia - have cut $110 million from our budget, we have an extremely tight financial position that we do not intend to ignore. We need to respond and we have done so. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY: Members opposite can make a superficial point if they want to, but if the old Health Care Agreement had been rolled over, we would have had $110 million more to fund the public hospital system in Western Australia. Because the federal Liberal friends of members opposite - to whom they want to honour their commitment ahead of that to the people of Western Australia - have cut $110 million from our budget, we have an extremely tight financial position that we do not intend to ignore. We need to respond and we have done so. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
Mr J.A. McGINTY: Members opposite can make a superficial point if they want to, but if the old Health Care Agreement had been rolled over, we would have had $110 million more to fund the public hospital system in Western Australia. Because the federal Liberal friends of members opposite - to whom they want to honour their commitment ahead of that to the people of Western Australia - have cut $110 million from our budget, we have an extremely tight financial position that we do not intend to ignore. We need to respond and we have done so. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
The SPEAKER: I call to order for the second time the member for Darling Range.
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