Labor failing on Tamworth Hospital redevelopment

Friday, 03 December 2010 10:12

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The Nationals Leader Andrew Stoner and Nationals candidate for Tamworth Kevin Anderson said that the Keneally Labor Government has continued to take the people of Tamworth for granted when it came to the promised Tamworth hospital upgrade.

On Wednesday in NSW Parliament, Leader of The Nationals, Andrew Stoner asked the Minister for Health the following question:

"With $800 million wasted in this term alone, a figure that could have built eight Bathurst hospitals, isn't the reason regional communities like Port Macquarie, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, Parkes and Forbes haven't received long-promised but never delivered hospital upgrades due to waste and incompetence over 15 years of Labor?"

The Minister failed to provide a substantial response.

"The Keneally Labor Government and their local apologists cannot deliver better health services to the local Tamworth and Gunnedah regions," Mr Stoner said.

"When it comes to Labor, all the community can expect is more of the same, nothing has changed. Unlike Labor, the NSW Liberals and Nationals have the positive, practical plans to Make Regional NSW Number One Again.

"We have already announced our Regional Kick-Start policy that delivers up to $1.6 billion in additional infrastructure to regional NSW in our first term of Government.

"We are committed to the Tamworth Hospital redevelopment even if the Keneally Labor Government is not," he said.

The Nationals candidate for Tamworth Kevin Anderson said that after 15 years of Labor, the only way to change regional NSW is to change the government.

"Labor has had 15 years but all the Tamworth and Gunnedah communities are getting is more of the same old Labor, nothing has changed."

"NSW needs real change and that can only happen in Tamworth and Gunnedah with a vote for The Nationals on March 26^th 2011", Kevin Anderson said.

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