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


