❓ Mr Board questions Premier Gallop on the conditions and risks associated with WA joining the federal Labor Party's proposed joint Medicare account. Gallop avoids direct answers, emphasizing collaboration and federal responsibility for aged care.
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MEDICARE ALLIANCE 470. Mr BOARD to the Premier: I remind the Premier of his support in this place yesterday for the Labor Medicare alliance, which commits Western Australia to the formation of a joint Medicare account from which all State and Commonwealth Governments will fund health spending. (1) Is the $545 million offered by the federal Labor Party for the Medicare alliance conditional on Western Australia entering into a risk-sharing arrangement with the Commonwealth on the joint Medicare account? (2) Will the joint Medicare account commit the taxpayers of Western Australia to sharing the cost of any expenditure blow-outs in major health programs in other States covered by this account? DR GALLOP
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(1)-(2) Here it is again: an Opposition that has not had an idea for years. The Labor Party across the nation has decided that it has had enough of the buck-passing and cost shifting in health. It has decided that it will get the States and the Commonwealth together to jointly solve some of the issues, such as aged care. I visited Bentley Hospital yesterday. People in that hospital are waiting for nursing home beds, which they cannot get because of the huge shortage of nursing home beds in Western Australia. Mr Day: You took $8 million out of nursing homes. Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
MEDICARE ALLIANCE
I remind the Premier of his support in this place yesterday for the Labor Medicare alliance, which commits Western Australia to the formation of a joint Medicare account from which all State and Commonwealth Governments will fund health spending. (1) Is the $545 million offered by the federal Labor Party for the Medicare alliance conditional on Western Australia entering into a risk-sharing arrangement with the Commonwealth on the joint Medicare account? (2) Will the joint Medicare account commit the taxpayers of Western Australia to sharing the cost of any expenditure blow-outs in major health programs in other States covered by this account? DR GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) Here it is again: an Opposition that has not had an idea for years. The Labor Party across the nation has decided that it has had enough of the buck-passing and cost shifting in health. It has decided that it will get the States and the Commonwealth together to jointly solve some of the issues, such as aged care. I visited Bentley Hospital yesterday. People in that hospital are waiting for nursing home beds, which they cannot get because of the huge shortage of nursing home beds in Western Australia. Mr Day: You took $8 million out of nursing homes. Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
(1) Is the $545 million offered by the federal Labor Party for the Medicare alliance conditional on Western Australia entering into a risk-sharing arrangement with the Commonwealth on the joint Medicare account? (2) Will the joint Medicare account commit the taxpayers of Western Australia to sharing the cost of any expenditure blow-outs in major health programs in other States covered by this account? DR GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) Here it is again: an Opposition that has not had an idea for years. The Labor Party across the nation has decided that it has had enough of the buck-passing and cost shifting in health. It has decided that it will get the States and the Commonwealth together to jointly solve some of the issues, such as aged care. I visited Bentley Hospital yesterday. People in that hospital are waiting for nursing home beds, which they cannot get because of the huge shortage of nursing home beds in Western Australia. Mr Day: You took $8 million out of nursing homes. Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
(2) Will the joint Medicare account commit the taxpayers of Western Australia to sharing the cost of any expenditure blow-outs in major health programs in other States covered by this account? DR GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) Here it is again: an Opposition that has not had an idea for years. The Labor Party across the nation has decided that it has had enough of the buck-passing and cost shifting in health. It has decided that it will get the States and the Commonwealth together to jointly solve some of the issues, such as aged care. I visited Bentley Hospital yesterday. People in that hospital are waiting for nursing home beds, which they cannot get because of the huge shortage of nursing home beds in Western Australia. Mr Day: You took $8 million out of nursing homes. Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
DR GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) Here it is again: an Opposition that has not had an idea for years. The Labor Party across the nation has decided that it has had enough of the buck-passing and cost shifting in health. It has decided that it will get the States and the Commonwealth together to jointly solve some of the issues, such as aged care. I visited Bentley Hospital yesterday. People in that hospital are waiting for nursing home beds, which they cannot get because of the huge shortage of nursing home beds in Western Australia. Mr Day: You took $8 million out of nursing homes. Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
(1)-(2) Here it is again: an Opposition that has not had an idea for years. The Labor Party across the nation has decided that it has had enough of the buck-passing and cost shifting in health. It has decided that it will get the States and the Commonwealth together to jointly solve some of the issues, such as aged care. I visited Bentley Hospital yesterday. People in that hospital are waiting for nursing home beds, which they cannot get because of the huge shortage of nursing home beds in Western Australia. Mr Day: You took $8 million out of nursing homes. Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Mr Day: You took $8 million out of nursing homes. Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
MEDICARE ALLIANCE
I remind the Premier of his support in this place yesterday for the Labor Medicare alliance, which commits Western Australia to the formation of a joint Medicare account from which all State and Commonwealth Governments will fund health spending. (1) Is the $545 million offered by the federal Labor Party for the Medicare alliance conditional on Western Australia entering into a risk-sharing arrangement with the Commonwealth on the joint Medicare account? (2) Will the joint Medicare account commit the taxpayers of Western Australia to sharing the cost of any expenditure blow-outs in major health programs in other States covered by this account? DR GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) Here it is again: an Opposition that has not had an idea for years. The Labor Party across the nation has decided that it has had enough of the buck-passing and cost shifting in health. It has decided that it will get the States and the Commonwealth together to jointly solve some of the issues, such as aged care. I visited Bentley Hospital yesterday. People in that hospital are waiting for nursing home beds, which they cannot get because of the huge shortage of nursing home beds in Western Australia. Mr Day: You took $8 million out of nursing homes. Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
(1) Is the $545 million offered by the federal Labor Party for the Medicare alliance conditional on Western Australia entering into a risk-sharing arrangement with the Commonwealth on the joint Medicare account? (2) Will the joint Medicare account commit the taxpayers of Western Australia to sharing the cost of any expenditure blow-outs in major health programs in other States covered by this account? DR GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) Here it is again: an Opposition that has not had an idea for years. The Labor Party across the nation has decided that it has had enough of the buck-passing and cost shifting in health. It has decided that it will get the States and the Commonwealth together to jointly solve some of the issues, such as aged care. I visited Bentley Hospital yesterday. People in that hospital are waiting for nursing home beds, which they cannot get because of the huge shortage of nursing home beds in Western Australia. Mr Day: You took $8 million out of nursing homes. Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
(2) Will the joint Medicare account commit the taxpayers of Western Australia to sharing the cost of any expenditure blow-outs in major health programs in other States covered by this account? DR GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) Here it is again: an Opposition that has not had an idea for years. The Labor Party across the nation has decided that it has had enough of the buck-passing and cost shifting in health. It has decided that it will get the States and the Commonwealth together to jointly solve some of the issues, such as aged care. I visited Bentley Hospital yesterday. People in that hospital are waiting for nursing home beds, which they cannot get because of the huge shortage of nursing home beds in Western Australia. Mr Day: You took $8 million out of nursing homes. Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
DR GALLOP replied: (1)-(2) Here it is again: an Opposition that has not had an idea for years. The Labor Party across the nation has decided that it has had enough of the buck-passing and cost shifting in health. It has decided that it will get the States and the Commonwealth together to jointly solve some of the issues, such as aged care. I visited Bentley Hospital yesterday. People in that hospital are waiting for nursing home beds, which they cannot get because of the huge shortage of nursing home beds in Western Australia. Mr Day: You took $8 million out of nursing homes. Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
(1)-(2) Here it is again: an Opposition that has not had an idea for years. The Labor Party across the nation has decided that it has had enough of the buck-passing and cost shifting in health. It has decided that it will get the States and the Commonwealth together to jointly solve some of the issues, such as aged care. I visited Bentley Hospital yesterday. People in that hospital are waiting for nursing home beds, which they cannot get because of the huge shortage of nursing home beds in Western Australia. Mr Day: You took $8 million out of nursing homes. Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Mr Day: You took $8 million out of nursing homes. Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Dr GALLOP: I remind the member that the provision of aged care in this country is a federal responsibility. Unless the federal and State Governments work together, these problems will not be solved. When Kim Beazley wins the federal election on 10 November - Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Mr Marshall: Here we go. Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Dr GALLOP: Does the member not think he will win? Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Mr Marshall: I do not think he will. Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Dr GALLOP: I do not think the member is a betting man, so I will not take up a bet with him. When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
When Kim Beazley wins on 10 November, the State Premiers and health ministers and the Prime Minister and the national health minister will get together and work out, first, how to better manage our health system by determining where functions are performed and who performs them; and, second, how to better fund the system to remove any cost-shifting arrangements. The details the member asked for will be worked out in that context. Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Mr Board: You do not know whether taxpayers’ funds will be at risk. Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
Dr GALLOP: I will make sure that the interests of Western Australia are properly protected, as we do with all issues. The people of Australia have a choice between John Howard, who says there is no problem with aged care, and Kim Beazley, who admits that there is a problem with aged care and says that he will work with the States to fix it. I know whom I will vote for.
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