TURNBULL MUST COME CLEAN ON LIBERAL HOSPITAL PAYBACK POLICY

Sophie Mirabella’s shocking revelation about Wangaratta Hospital raises serious questions for Malcolm Turnbull and Sussan Ley about whether health funding has been withheld because of political payback.
 
On Sky News last night Ms Mirabella boasted that $10 million had been withheld from the hospital to punish the people of Indi for not voting Liberal.
 
Mr Turnbull and the Health Minister must explain what happened to the $10 million and what other seats missed out on funding because they didn’t vote Liberal.
 
This is a deeply disturbing insight into the Liberal Party’s approach to health policy, which puts political payback before the needs of patients.
 
Malcolm Turnbull must publicly apologise to the people of Indi, and pledge that his Government will never again put political payback ahead of the health needs of all Australians.