$$$how me the Money – my response to the 2010-11 State Budget

Mr FERGUSON (Bass) – I want to give a response to this Budget from my point of view.

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Labor’s complete stuff-up on the Royal Hobart Hospital

The Bartlett – Giddings Labor Government has finally decided to do what most Tasmanians have been saying for ages:  we can’t afford Labor’s uncosted adventure into a billion-dollar-plus new hospital on the Hobart waterfront.  I am also publishing on this site an email sent to DHHS staff…

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Press Release: Labor’s Palliative Care Refusal

Health Minister Lara Giddings today flatly refused to consider any more palliative care beds for the north, rejecting a submission by the Friends of the Northern Hospice and Palliative Care Association.

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What about the Launceston General Hospital ?

The Launceston General Hospital is the second largest hospital in our state of Tasmania and has long been a thorn in the side of any Hobart-centric government. The LGH is a tertiary teaching hospital. In plain English, this means that it is a top-level hospital, providing a comprehensive range of clinical health services as well [...]

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Response to Examiner editorial: LGH cancer services

I completely agree with the opening lines of the Examiner editorial “LGH must be cancer services site” (6/3/09).   In fact, two years ago that is exactly what I achieved.

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