Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Assistant Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

Just on the interns that the senator raises, interestingly that is the purview of state and territory governments. It is up to the state and territory governments to provide those intern places in hospitals. It is actually this government that is focused on rural and regional Australia. The best thing we can do for rural and regional Australians is fix the economic mess left to us by the previous Labor government, led by the previous finance minister who, as I indicated to the Senate chamber yesterday, trebled net debt under her watch as finance minister. This government is going to take responsible decisions to ensure that we have a sustainable future for this nation not only in health but in all areas. It is this government that is going to deliver for rural and regional Australians, unlike the previous Labor government.