April 2008 Media Releases
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West Coast communities deserve a firm commitment that health services will be restored. It has been nearly a year since the Health Minister Lara Giddings has refused to back down on a decision to downgrade health services at the Rosebery Hospital.
Another damning report into mental health services in the south of the State has been unearthed by the Liberals after being secretly buried by the State Labor Government.
The State Government continues to turn a blind eye to serious allegations of violence at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre.
Three mothers who had just given birth were transferred out of the Royal Hobart Hospital to a private hospital because there was no dedicated gynaecology unit to handle maternity overflow.
Braddon voters should be concerned that they no longer have a North-West voice to represent their concerns in the Lennon Labor Cabinet.
A lenient sentence provided to a man convicted of five counts of assault against children and adults with disabilities in a respite centre is a disgrace and will not adequately deter such abuse, or encourage future whistleblowers to come forward.
Shadow Minister for Health and Human Services, Brett Whiteley, has welcomed today’s release of a Select Committee inquiry report into housing affordability in Tasmania.
Shadow Minister for Health and Human Services, Brett Whiteley, has supported calls by the Tasmanian Council of Social Services, for the State Government to simply get on with the job of providing new public housing and stop attempting to hide behind a new Government business.
A deal brokered by the Premier at the height of last year’s nurses dispute has not been honoured.
Shadow Health Minister, Brett Whiteley, has warmly welcomed the Cancer Council’s proposal for a Launceston outpatient accommodation and support complex.
A new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare is indicating some problems for Tasmanians participating in the national bowel cancer screening program.
A woman on the waiting lists for three years for breast reduction surgery for medical reasons has been told she now doesn't fit the 'clinical criteria' for such surgery at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
The State Government must explain the extent of contact that it had with people claiming to have missed out on the first compensation process for children abused in state care before it reluctantly agreed to a second process
The formulation of an Alcohol Action Plan by the State Government is just another way to delay urgently-needed action on alcohol consumption and binge drinking.
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