❓ Question regarding claims of budget cuts to South West health services. Minister denies claims, assures increased funding, and accuses federal member of misinformation for political gain.
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SOUTH WEST HEALTH BUDGET 302. Mr DEAN to the Minister for Health: Will the minister respond to claims by the federal member for Forrest that the State Government plans to slash the south west health budget? Mr KUCERA
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I thank the member for Bunbury for the question, and for his excellent and positive work to review the services provided by the Bunbury Health Service. That review is another example of the Government’s delivering on its election promises. The member for Bunbury has the true interest of health services in his area at heart, which is more than I can say for the federal member for Forrest, who is interested only in scaring the good people of Busselton, Warren-Blackwood, Harvey, Donnybrook and Collie with false claims about wholesale cuts in this year’s state budget. In his media statement, Geoff Prosser claimed that the State Government would - . . . rip out approximately $4.2 million from South West health services to pay for the ALP’s election commitments in Perth. Geoff Prosser also claimed - . . . that overall the WA Government will be ripping $25 million out of health in regional and rural WA. This is simply untrue. I can assure the House that health funding for rural health services will not be slashed; it will be increased. Rural health services, like all other health services, will benefit from Labor’s delivery of its election commitments and the priority it places on patient care. These are the facts, and Mr Prosser, who is looking down the barrel of a federal election, does not like them very much. This is part of a deliberate ploy on the part of the federal Liberal Government to divert attention from its appalling record in aged care and health in this country. While the people of the south west may question the federal Government’s commitment to health services in their area, particularly in relation to their appalling handling of aged care, they should have no such concerns about this Government. It will provide more money for health and greater support for regional health services. These are Labor’s commitments, and I look forward to delivering on them following the budget.
SOUTH WEST HEALTH BUDGET
Will the minister respond to claims by the federal member for Forrest that the State Government plans to slash the south west health budget? Mr KUCERA replied: I thank the member for Bunbury for the question, and for his excellent and positive work to review the services provided by the Bunbury Health Service. That review is another example of the Government’s delivering on its election promises. The member for Bunbury has the true interest of health services in his area at heart, which is more than I can say for the federal member for Forrest, who is interested only in scaring the good people of Busselton, Warren-Blackwood, Harvey, Donnybrook and Collie with false claims about wholesale cuts in this year’s state budget. In his media statement, Geoff Prosser claimed that the State Government would - . . . rip out approximately $4.2 million from South West health services to pay for the ALP’s election commitments in Perth. Geoff Prosser also claimed - . . . that overall the WA Government will be ripping $25 million out of health in regional and rural WA. This is simply untrue. I can assure the House that health funding for rural health services will not be slashed; it will be increased. Rural health services, like all other health services, will benefit from Labor’s delivery of its election commitments and the priority it places on patient care. These are the facts, and Mr Prosser, who is looking down the barrel of a federal election, does not like them very much. This is part of a deliberate ploy on the part of the federal Liberal Government to divert attention from its appalling record in aged care and health in this country. While the people of the south west may question the federal Government’s commitment to health services in their area, particularly in relation to their appalling handling of aged care, they should have no such concerns about this Government. It will provide more money for health and greater support for regional health services. These are Labor’s commitments, and I look forward to delivering on them following the budget.
Mr KUCERA replied: I thank the member for Bunbury for the question, and for his excellent and positive work to review the services provided by the Bunbury Health Service. That review is another example of the Government’s delivering on its election promises. The member for Bunbury has the true interest of health services in his area at heart, which is more than I can say for the federal member for Forrest, who is interested only in scaring the good people of Busselton, Warren-Blackwood, Harvey, Donnybrook and Collie with false claims about wholesale cuts in this year’s state budget. In his media statement, Geoff Prosser claimed that the State Government would - . . . rip out approximately $4.2 million from South West health services to pay for the ALP’s election commitments in Perth. Geoff Prosser also claimed - . . . that overall the WA Government will be ripping $25 million out of health in regional and rural WA. This is simply untrue. I can assure the House that health funding for rural health services will not be slashed; it will be increased. Rural health services, like all other health services, will benefit from Labor’s delivery of its election commitments and the priority it places on patient care. These are the facts, and Mr Prosser, who is looking down the barrel of a federal election, does not like them very much. This is part of a deliberate ploy on the part of the federal Liberal Government to divert attention from its appalling record in aged care and health in this country. While the people of the south west may question the federal Government’s commitment to health services in their area, particularly in relation to their appalling handling of aged care, they should have no such concerns about this Government. It will provide more money for health and greater support for regional health services. These are Labor’s commitments, and I look forward to delivering on them following the budget.
I thank the member for Bunbury for the question, and for his excellent and positive work to review the services provided by the Bunbury Health Service. That review is another example of the Government’s delivering on its election promises. The member for Bunbury has the true interest of health services in his area at heart, which is more than I can say for the federal member for Forrest, who is interested only in scaring the good people of Busselton, Warren-Blackwood, Harvey, Donnybrook and Collie with false claims about wholesale cuts in this year’s state budget. In his media statement, Geoff Prosser claimed that the State Government would - . . . rip out approximately $4.2 million from South West health services to pay for the ALP’s election commitments in Perth. Geoff Prosser also claimed - . . . that overall the WA Government will be ripping $25 million out of health in regional and rural WA. This is simply untrue. I can assure the House that health funding for rural health services will not be slashed; it will be increased. Rural health services, like all other health services, will benefit from Labor’s delivery of its election commitments and the priority it places on patient care. These are the facts, and Mr Prosser, who is looking down the barrel of a federal election, does not like them very much. This is part of a deliberate ploy on the part of the federal Liberal Government to divert attention from its appalling record in aged care and health in this country. While the people of the south west may question the federal Government’s commitment to health services in their area, particularly in relation to their appalling handling of aged care, they should have no such concerns about this Government. It will provide more money for health and greater support for regional health services. These are Labor’s commitments, and I look forward to delivering on them following the budget.
In his media statement, Geoff Prosser claimed that the State Government would - . . . rip out approximately $4.2 million from South West health services to pay for the ALP’s election commitments in Perth. Geoff Prosser also claimed - . . . that overall the WA Government will be ripping $25 million out of health in regional and rural WA. This is simply untrue. I can assure the House that health funding for rural health services will not be slashed; it will be increased. Rural health services, like all other health services, will benefit from Labor’s delivery of its election commitments and the priority it places on patient care. These are the facts, and Mr Prosser, who is looking down the barrel of a federal election, does not like them very much. This is part of a deliberate ploy on the part of the federal Liberal Government to divert attention from its appalling record in aged care and health in this country. While the people of the south west may question the federal Government’s commitment to health services in their area, particularly in relation to their appalling handling of aged care, they should have no such concerns about this Government. It will provide more money for health and greater support for regional health services. These are Labor’s commitments, and I look forward to delivering on them following the budget.
SOUTH WEST HEALTH BUDGET
Will the minister respond to claims by the federal member for Forrest that the State Government plans to slash the south west health budget? Mr KUCERA replied: I thank the member for Bunbury for the question, and for his excellent and positive work to review the services provided by the Bunbury Health Service. That review is another example of the Government’s delivering on its election promises. The member for Bunbury has the true interest of health services in his area at heart, which is more than I can say for the federal member for Forrest, who is interested only in scaring the good people of Busselton, Warren-Blackwood, Harvey, Donnybrook and Collie with false claims about wholesale cuts in this year’s state budget. In his media statement, Geoff Prosser claimed that the State Government would - . . . rip out approximately $4.2 million from South West health services to pay for the ALP’s election commitments in Perth. Geoff Prosser also claimed - . . . that overall the WA Government will be ripping $25 million out of health in regional and rural WA. This is simply untrue. I can assure the House that health funding for rural health services will not be slashed; it will be increased. Rural health services, like all other health services, will benefit from Labor’s delivery of its election commitments and the priority it places on patient care. These are the facts, and Mr Prosser, who is looking down the barrel of a federal election, does not like them very much. This is part of a deliberate ploy on the part of the federal Liberal Government to divert attention from its appalling record in aged care and health in this country. While the people of the south west may question the federal Government’s commitment to health services in their area, particularly in relation to their appalling handling of aged care, they should have no such concerns about this Government. It will provide more money for health and greater support for regional health services. These are Labor’s commitments, and I look forward to delivering on them following the budget.
Mr KUCERA replied: I thank the member for Bunbury for the question, and for his excellent and positive work to review the services provided by the Bunbury Health Service. That review is another example of the Government’s delivering on its election promises. The member for Bunbury has the true interest of health services in his area at heart, which is more than I can say for the federal member for Forrest, who is interested only in scaring the good people of Busselton, Warren-Blackwood, Harvey, Donnybrook and Collie with false claims about wholesale cuts in this year’s state budget. In his media statement, Geoff Prosser claimed that the State Government would - . . . rip out approximately $4.2 million from South West health services to pay for the ALP’s election commitments in Perth. Geoff Prosser also claimed - . . . that overall the WA Government will be ripping $25 million out of health in regional and rural WA. This is simply untrue. I can assure the House that health funding for rural health services will not be slashed; it will be increased. Rural health services, like all other health services, will benefit from Labor’s delivery of its election commitments and the priority it places on patient care. These are the facts, and Mr Prosser, who is looking down the barrel of a federal election, does not like them very much. This is part of a deliberate ploy on the part of the federal Liberal Government to divert attention from its appalling record in aged care and health in this country. While the people of the south west may question the federal Government’s commitment to health services in their area, particularly in relation to their appalling handling of aged care, they should have no such concerns about this Government. It will provide more money for health and greater support for regional health services. These are Labor’s commitments, and I look forward to delivering on them following the budget.
I thank the member for Bunbury for the question, and for his excellent and positive work to review the services provided by the Bunbury Health Service. That review is another example of the Government’s delivering on its election promises. The member for Bunbury has the true interest of health services in his area at heart, which is more than I can say for the federal member for Forrest, who is interested only in scaring the good people of Busselton, Warren-Blackwood, Harvey, Donnybrook and Collie with false claims about wholesale cuts in this year’s state budget. In his media statement, Geoff Prosser claimed that the State Government would - . . . rip out approximately $4.2 million from South West health services to pay for the ALP’s election commitments in Perth. Geoff Prosser also claimed - . . . that overall the WA Government will be ripping $25 million out of health in regional and rural WA. This is simply untrue. I can assure the House that health funding for rural health services will not be slashed; it will be increased. Rural health services, like all other health services, will benefit from Labor’s delivery of its election commitments and the priority it places on patient care. These are the facts, and Mr Prosser, who is looking down the barrel of a federal election, does not like them very much. This is part of a deliberate ploy on the part of the federal Liberal Government to divert attention from its appalling record in aged care and health in this country. While the people of the south west may question the federal Government’s commitment to health services in their area, particularly in relation to their appalling handling of aged care, they should have no such concerns about this Government. It will provide more money for health and greater support for regional health services. These are Labor’s commitments, and I look forward to delivering on them following the budget.
In his media statement, Geoff Prosser claimed that the State Government would - . . . rip out approximately $4.2 million from South West health services to pay for the ALP’s election commitments in Perth. Geoff Prosser also claimed - . . . that overall the WA Government will be ripping $25 million out of health in regional and rural WA. This is simply untrue. I can assure the House that health funding for rural health services will not be slashed; it will be increased. Rural health services, like all other health services, will benefit from Labor’s delivery of its election commitments and the priority it places on patient care. These are the facts, and Mr Prosser, who is looking down the barrel of a federal election, does not like them very much. This is part of a deliberate ploy on the part of the federal Liberal Government to divert attention from its appalling record in aged care and health in this country. While the people of the south west may question the federal Government’s commitment to health services in their area, particularly in relation to their appalling handling of aged care, they should have no such concerns about this Government. It will provide more money for health and greater support for regional health services. These are Labor’s commitments, and I look forward to delivering on them following the budget.
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