9 November 2025

Bridget Archer, Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing

The Tasmanian Government is spending $10 million a day on health in the 2025-26 Budget.
This is a fact. (Budget Paper No. 1, p 235, Table 9.16)
The budget papers show there has been an increase in health from the 2024-25 Budget of 12 per cent, including $400 million extra this financial year.
Every year Labor claims there are cuts in health, and every year they are proven wrong.
It’s little wonder Tasmanians haven’t trusted them with the treasury benches for more than a decade.
You simply can’t trust Labor on the health budget.
Instead of the relentless negativity, the opposition should stand up for Tasmania and tell their federal Labor colleagues it's time they gave Tasmania its fair share of health funding.