Wong, Sen Penny

Senator WONG (South Australia—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (14:06): Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer to the Prime Minister's pre-election promise to the Australian people: no cuts to health. Can the minister confirm that ripping tens of billions of dollars from our public hospitals over the next decade, including $3 billion in the next four years, is a broken promise? Why is this Prime Minister making Australians pay for his broken promise with longer waiting times, fewer beds, fewer doctors and fewer nurses?