“Justine Elliot has never mentioned Murwillumbah Hospital in Parliament...”
North Coast Nationals Senator, Fiona Nash today launched a stinging attack on Member for Richmond Justine Elliot’s failure to keep election promises to fix the Tweed and Murwillumbah hospitals, describing the embattled Labor MP as “just in Canberra” and “just incompetent”.
“In July, she was pictured on the front page of the Tweed Daily News with the then state health minister Reba Meagher officially opening 30 beds. It is now September and, guess what? There is not one of those 30 beds that are occupied,” Mrs Nash told the Senate.
“The hospital is running enormously over its capacity anyway—30 new beds announced and absolutely none opened because Labor is in such disarray that they have not got any funding to fund the staff to operate the beds.“
“The doctors up there are in open revolt. They have to turn away ambulances in non life-threatening cases. It is an appalling state of affairs. There is no future expansion plans for the Tweed Hospital, despite being in one of the most rapidly growing areas in the country.”
“The Murwillumbah hospital, which was built 70 years ago thanks to fundraising by the then local Nationals MP, Larry Anthony Sr, is now under constant assault by the Labor government, which is talking about taking away the maternity services.”
“This is so serious that recently 6,000 local people attended a rally to support their local hospital because Labor was trying to rip it to shreds. Where was the local member, Justine Elliot, on that day? Not to be seen. She did not even bother to turn up to support those people she purports to represent.”
“Nearly four years after she was first elected Justine Elliot has never mentioned Murwillumbah Hospital in Parliament.”
“During the election campaign last year, the she had significant advertising with this very simple message: ‘Labor will fix our hospitals. Kevin Rudd and Justine Elliot working together.’”
“Justine Elliot, is now being termed ‘just in Canberra’ and ‘just incompetent’ because she is not doing anything to help the people of her local area fight for their hospital. It is appalling, and I challenge her to start fighting for her local people and to do something for the people there who need those hospital services so desperately.”
Contact: Murray Lees, Media Adviser 0447 34 00 25
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