Shadow Health Minister Rob Lucas said today the State Liberals would not support any Labor Government attempts to siphon off doctor funds to pay hospital operating costs such as electricity bills. Australian Medical Association President Dr Peter Sharley expressed concern today that research funds and medical equipment funds were under threat because of Labor Government…
DetailsShadow Minister for Health Rob Lucas today slammed the Labor Government for its shabby and appalling treatment of long suffering employees who had taken separation packages. Two former Health employees have complained to the Liberal Party that separation payments they were entitled to receive had been delayed by up to four months. In one case…
DetailsShadow Health Minister Rob Lucas will visit the Riverland on Thursday to tour local health facilities and speak with key stakeholders. During the tour, Mr Lucas will visit a number of hospitals and discuss issues regarding staff numbers and front line health services. Mr Lucas said the tour will help shape policies for the 2014…
DetailsThe Weatherill Labor Government has ‘run out of ideas’ of its own and is now simply trying to react to State Liberal initiatives. Less than a month after ridiculing State Liberal Leader Steven Marshall’s Economic Growth Forum, the Weatherill Labor Government has decided to consult publicly regarding the cost of living. This of course follows…
DetailsAfter seven cases of Labor division in seven days, Premier Weatherill has acknowledged that division and disunity is a distraction and damaging to the Labor brand. Mr Weatherill’s comments come in the wake of Ms Gillard calling on a leadership spill to address damaging infighting and division within federal Labor. Mr Weatherill today told journalists:…
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…
DetailsI want to talk about the open division and disunity, sadly, within the state Labor Party and the state Labor government that we have seen over recent weeks, in particular, this last week. In the last 24 hours, we have seen a calculated and vindictive leak from within cabinet with the deliberate intention of seeking…
DetailsPremier Weatherill’s Labor Government continues to spill into the public arena, as a series of embarrassing leaks continue to destabilise Mr Weatherill’s leadership. In just the past week alone: • A calculated, vindictive Cabinet leak of a $7 million “wellbeing initiative” sought to undermine the authority of Premier Weatherill • Legislative Council President John Gazzola…
DetailsLabor 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…
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