❓ Question regarding how federal Labor's proposed health funding would complement the WA government's existing health investments, with the Minister outlining specific projects and benefits for WA patients if the federal Labor party wins the election.
AnsweredQoN 166Legislative Assembly
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HEALTH — FEDERAL
LABOR POLICY
166. Ms C.M. ROWE to the Minister for Health:
Can the minister update the house on
how the federal Labor opposition's $110 million to WA hospitals would
build on the McGowan Labor government's investment in our health
system, including its funding for Royal Perth Hospital, and its commitment to
Laverton Hospital?
LABOR POLICY
166. Ms C.M. ROWE to the Minister for Health:
Can the minister update the house on
how the federal Labor opposition's $110 million to WA hospitals would
build on the McGowan Labor government's investment in our health
system, including its funding for Royal Perth Hospital, and its commitment to
Laverton Hospital?
AnswerView source ↗
I
am very happy to take that question from the member, and thank her for her
interest in a potential Shorten federal Labor victory in the forthcoming
election. If it comes to pass, Western Australia will indeed benefit from some
great policies, continuing to support the McGowan government's drive to
put patients first in Western Australia. If the Shorten Labor team is successful, yesterday's
announcement will mean that we will be building a clinical command centre at
Royal Perth Hospital to provide care to patients across WA, at a cost of $15 million;
establishing a new multipurpose health
clinic at Yanchep, where health services are sorely lacking, at a cost of $18.2
million; and replacing the dilapidated and ageing infrastructure that is the Laverton Hospital with a new contemporary
facility at a cost of $12.8 million.
Mr V.A. Catania interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for North
West Central, I call you to order for the first time
Mr R.H. COOK : I know that the
member for North West Central will be voting Labor at the federal election in
the not-too-distant future. In particular, we will see the upgrade of Collie Hospital's
surgery facilities, at a cost of around $12 million. Twenty-five new palliative
care beds will be funded at Osborne Park Hospital to ensure that more people
get the best possible care at the end of their lives. We will double the
capacity of Albany hospital's dental clinic and provide dialysis
facilities at Halls Creek in the Kimberley at a cost of around $700 000. These
are outstanding commitments.
Mr V.A. Catania interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for North West Central,
I call you to order for the second time. You have a lot to say today.
Mr
R.H. COOK : I know the member for
North West Central's propensity for loyalty, so I am sure he will be
voting Labor at the federal election, having seen a great opportunity for Western
Australian patients to receive funding for t hese great resources. As the
member for Belmont said, on top of the commitments around Joondalup Health
Campus, which includes the construction of
75 mental health beds, and the rollout of new Medicare-funded MRI licences in Western
Australia, the Shorten Labor team has also today committed to a $20 million
investment in methamphetamine and mental health–related services. These
are outstanding commitments, which include a 10-bed withdrawal unit and mental
health emergency centre at the Midland Public Hospital, a 10-bed withdrawal
unit at the Peel Health Campus in Mandurah—yet another commitment by
Labor to patients in the Peel region—a mental health emergency centre
in Rockingham, as well as an alcohol and drugs urgent care clinic at Sir
Charles Gairdner Hospital to match the outstanding success we have had around
the development of that sort of facility at Royal Perth Hospital.
One thing the Premier has been keen
for us to do is to work constructively with our colleagues in Canberra to make
sure we get the best possible commitments for Western Australian patients—to
make sure that WA gets its fair share of health funding and taxpayer dollars.
If we do see an election of the Shorten Labor team at the coming federal
election, there will be some outstanding commitments to Western Australian
patients and residents.
am very happy to take that question from the member, and thank her for her
interest in a potential Shorten federal Labor victory in the forthcoming
election. If it comes to pass, Western Australia will indeed benefit from some
great policies, continuing to support the McGowan government's drive to
put patients first in Western Australia. If the Shorten Labor team is successful, yesterday's
announcement will mean that we will be building a clinical command centre at
Royal Perth Hospital to provide care to patients across WA, at a cost of $15 million;
establishing a new multipurpose health
clinic at Yanchep, where health services are sorely lacking, at a cost of $18.2
million; and replacing the dilapidated and ageing infrastructure that is the Laverton Hospital with a new contemporary
facility at a cost of $12.8 million.
Mr V.A. Catania interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for North
West Central, I call you to order for the first time
Mr R.H. COOK : I know that the
member for North West Central will be voting Labor at the federal election in
the not-too-distant future. In particular, we will see the upgrade of Collie Hospital's
surgery facilities, at a cost of around $12 million. Twenty-five new palliative
care beds will be funded at Osborne Park Hospital to ensure that more people
get the best possible care at the end of their lives. We will double the
capacity of Albany hospital's dental clinic and provide dialysis
facilities at Halls Creek in the Kimberley at a cost of around $700 000. These
are outstanding commitments.
Mr V.A. Catania interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for North West Central,
I call you to order for the second time. You have a lot to say today.
Mr
R.H. COOK : I know the member for
North West Central's propensity for loyalty, so I am sure he will be
voting Labor at the federal election, having seen a great opportunity for Western
Australian patients to receive funding for t hese great resources. As the
member for Belmont said, on top of the commitments around Joondalup Health
Campus, which includes the construction of
75 mental health beds, and the rollout of new Medicare-funded MRI licences in Western
Australia, the Shorten Labor team has also today committed to a $20 million
investment in methamphetamine and mental health–related services. These
are outstanding commitments, which include a 10-bed withdrawal unit and mental
health emergency centre at the Midland Public Hospital, a 10-bed withdrawal
unit at the Peel Health Campus in Mandurah—yet another commitment by
Labor to patients in the Peel region—a mental health emergency centre
in Rockingham, as well as an alcohol and drugs urgent care clinic at Sir
Charles Gairdner Hospital to match the outstanding success we have had around
the development of that sort of facility at Royal Perth Hospital.
One thing the Premier has been keen
for us to do is to work constructively with our colleagues in Canberra to make
sure we get the best possible commitments for Western Australian patients—to
make sure that WA gets its fair share of health funding and taxpayer dollars.
If we do see an election of the Shorten Labor team at the coming federal
election, there will be some outstanding commitments to Western Australian
patients and residents.
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