John Minihan (Progressive Democrats)

It is a pity Senator Cummins did not read it before he came in. He might have had something to say. If Senator Bannon were here, I would remind him of the lecture he gave us on etiquette, having spent the previous ten minutes interrupting everybody who was speaking. That was his contribution on the health service.

The Labour Party view was expressed by Senator McCarthy. He told us that we have the worst health service in the world. This is from the left philosophy – a proven failure. He did not try to say that we should adopt the Romanian or former Soviet Union policy of health. What we heard from the Labour Party was blatant Finlayism. The de facto leader of the Labour Party, the non-elected leader, has returned to prepare non-scripts and that is the contribution.