Tony Abbott admits Howard Govt has cut funding to hospitals

Mike Carlton boxes Liberal Health Minister Tony Abbott into a corner, as Abbott finally admits the Howard Government's share of the public hospital funding has dropped from 49% to 45%. The States cough up more, Mr Howard reduces his share. Yet Mr Howard and Mr Abbott still blame the States.

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[haylele]

What a load of shit Abbott - you ask the states back then you lying arsehole

[LaReinaDelBarrio]

Tony Abbott is a liar and a fan of Westboro Baptist Church. He is glad that the floods killed people in Queensland. He laughed about it, from what I have been told. He needs to be removed like Mubarek of Egypt. Before he attacks homosexuals again.

[zzsharka]

@wonder9ify foward estimate adjustment lol the interviewer is a prick but sometimes it takes a prick to get the answers out of a slippery snake.

[zzsharka]

@mcdazz Which ones ? The racial ones would create all out a warfare here. (The hitler mentality)

[mowaycanyufindausern]

Liar!Liar! Budgie smugglers on fire!

[mcdazz]

Oh, I'm sure we agree on a lot of things, especially so in regards to pork barrelling.

Both sides are definitely equal in that regard.

Both sides are a disappointment in that regard - that's the reason why I can't bring myself to support either party.

Recently I've looked at some of One Nations policies - as much as they were a hopeless party, *some* (but not all) of their policies actually make sense.

Never thought I'd ever say that. ;-)

[mcdazz]

Keating had his moments, but the economy certainly suffered during his time.

I'd like to point out that I support neither Liberal nor Labor parties.

I especially don't like Howard.

Howard dragged the country back out of the pit, however he also looked after the interests of "friends", including Stan Howard.

Yes, Labor are now more right then ever before (not necessarily a bad thing).

If only they can stop f**king up.

What are your thoughts about Rudds "new" Health Policy?

[AussiePolitics]

both parties do throw around a lot of cash during election time and every single time they're in opposition they accuse the gov of pork barreling and then do no different when they win. i guess we can at least agree on that.

[mcdazz]

By the same token, most politicians make the hard decisions in the beginning of their term in the hope that people have forgotten this by the time the next election comes around. Likewise, they like to "sweeten" the electorate prior to the next election by throwing funds at them.

Howard has stated this himself a number of times, including after his loss to Rudd.

This is why he started throwing the bonuses out to all and sundry.

[AussiePolitics]

btw that said on the whole i actually think keating was a brilliant treasurer in terms of the neoliberal reforms he and labor made to the economy which fraser was unable to do. you do realise that labor today is more right wing than the liberals were under fraser.