The latest ‘Tasmania misses out’ story, this time on federal grants designed to ease pressure on hospital emergency departments, reinforces the poor quality of political representation Labor delivers for Tasmania. It is simply unacceptable that Labor MHR Geoff Lyons doesn’t fully understand the reasons for Tasmania being ignored in last Tuesday’s $6 million grants announcement [...] Continue reading » » »
State Labor strips $8.5 million from elective surgery
The stripping of $8.5 million from the Launceston General Hospital (LGH) elective surgery budget over the next nine months highlights a staggering level of incompetence (Examiner, Oct. 6). What happened to the $130m in funding and 260 new staff for the LGH promised by former Premier Bartlett only a few weeks out from the State election [...] Continue reading » » »
