NEWS.com.au | Senators want health refund for states NEWS.com.au THE Federal Government's $1.4 billion in cuts to public hospitals have been condemned as "extraordinary and indefensible" by a Senate inquiry. Thousands of elective surgery cases had been cancelled, surgery waiting lists rose, beds closed and staff lost ... Fed hospital cuts 'politically motivated' Hospital funding cuts 'indefensible': report Report into federal health funding arrangements is critical of retrospective ... |