Daily Archives: Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Another day, another Health IT blowout on Weatherill’s watch

The EPAS IT project has blown out by another $14 million, bringing the new total cost to $422 million. This comes after it was revealed in Premier Weatherill’s Budget that there had been a $40 million blowout in Oracle, another Health IT project. “Premier Weatherill and his Labor Government’s handling of IT projects has lurched…

Weatherill to cut nursing jobs

The Weatherill Labor Government’s budget cuts have now extended to cutting nursing jobs. “This is yet another broken promise by Mr Weatherill, who has always said he would not cut ‘front line’ positions such as nurses, doctors, teachers and police,” said Shadow Health Minister Rob Lucas. “Information originally provided by a source within SA Health…