Liberals to inject $76 million into elective surgery and protect vital frontline services

The Liberals’ Roadmap to Recovery and Growth offers Tasmanians hope for the future – under a majority Liberal Government, essential services in health, education and public safety will be the highest priority.

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Winding down the capacity of our LGH – letter to the editor

Dear Editor, What the Labor-Green government is doing to our LGH amounts to deliberate vandalism of one of the best performing hospitals in Australia. As an accredited tertiary teaching hospital providing most specialities, the Northern way of doing things has seen the hospital run more efficiently than its peers. I’ve seen first hand how the [...]

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Today in Parliament

Parliament is back in session this week. Today the Liberals will use our efforts and time to raise the seriousness of frontline health cuts and the effect this is having in our hospitals. We will also move a motion to say that now is not the time to expand the House of Assembly (our lower [...]

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Axing of LGH nurses proves Labor-Green priorities are all wrong

The axing of 61 fixed term nurse and allied health positions at the LGH since November 2011 is confirmation that Michelle O’Byrne is continuing to target vital frontline positions in her slash and burn approach to the health budget.

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Cuts to Hospital in the Home short-sighted

The closure of the LGH’s Hospital in the Home program is a short-sighted decision caused by the Green-Labor Government’s desperate attempt to fill their budget black hole. On Monday I met with local advocates of the program who are deeply concerned about the impact the closure will have on the community.

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