Labor divisions continue – another Weatherill Govt leak Internal division within Premier Weatherill’s Labor Government continues to spill into the public arena, as a series of embarrassing leaks destabilise Mr Weatherill’s leadership. A document marked ‘Cabinet in Confidence’, and prepared under the Premier’s name, has been deliberately leaked to further damage Mr Weatherill’s leadership. The…
DetailsDecisions about the future location of the University of Adelaide Medical School have reached a critical stage, Shadow Health Minister Rob Lucas said today. “University representatives have advised me critical location and funding decisions will have to be made no later than August this year if it is to be completed in time for opening…
DetailsShadow Minister for Health Rob Lucas says Minister Snelling needs to indicate whether he has kept his promise and stopped the consortium building the NRAH from spending any further money on public art. On 27 January, Minister Snelling promised to slash the $2 public art programme at the NRAH to free up money for other…
DetailsThe preliminary estimate of the cost for demolishing and cleaning up the existing Royal Adelaide Hospital site is about $200 million, according to leaked information from within SA Health. Shadow Minister for Health Rob Lucas said the information the State Liberals received indicated significant amounts of asbestos had been identified within the old buildings on…
DetailsShadow Minister for Health Rob Lucas said today the AMA had advised the Government the new RAH will not be big enough and that parts of the existing RAH will need to be kept open until the new RAH can be extended. This advice is a stunning embarrassment for the Government because it has always…
DetailsThere is no doubt that if you are a ‘Labor mate’ or a part of the broader ‘Labor family’ such as a union boss then your chances of being appointed are significantly increased. Clearly union bosses such as Peter Malinauskas,Janet Giles and Wayne Hanson have all been favoured by the Labor Government with lucrative appointments…
DetailsThe Weatherill Government’s wrongful suspension and dismissal of former Director of the Cardiac and Thoracic Surgical Unit of Flinders Medical Centre, Professor John Knight, will cost taxpayers more than $6 million. The Supreme Court was told this morning the Weatherill Government had agreed to pay Professor Knight $4.34 million to settle a legal claim he…
DetailsShadow Health Minister Rob Lucas today condemned Minister Snelling and former Minister John Hill for refusing to apologise to Professor John Knight in Parliament this afternoon. “It is a disgrace that neither man had the courage to stand up in Parliament and admit the mistakes made by the Labor Government, and apologise to Professor Knight,”…
DetailsShadow Health Minister Rob Lucas yesterday in Parliament condemned the Weatherill Government for the poor treatment of a 78-year-old woman waiting for major surgery. On Monday morning at 7:00am the woman from the western suburbs arrived at the admissions office of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for a scheduled major operation to remove her right side…
DetailsThe Weatherill Government is wasting millions of dollars on expensive health consultancies at a time when cuts are being implemented in critical health programs. “Minister Snelling has just announced yet another review by consultants into the efficiency of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital,” Shadow Minister for Health Rob Lucas said. “The Weatherill Government has already…
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