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Shadow Minister for Health & Ageing Media Releases

Distraction not reform - spin not substance

2 March 2010 Watch out Australia – Kevin Rudd intends to “whack” you before you get the chance to “whack” him – forget all those crocodile tears at the weekend. It seems certain he’s going to “whack-in” a whole new layer of bureaucracy as his answer to ‘fixing’ hospitals and health. It’s a well wo... Read more...

Insider’s revelations require investigation

22 February 2010 Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton today called for an inquiry into an insider’s revelations of events within the Department of Health and the Health Minister’s office. Mr Dutton said the Government must hold an open and transparent investigation to answer the serious questions ra... Read more...

Health change deniers

9 February 2010 Having failed to deliver on their promises to fix health, Kevin Rudd and Nicola Roxon are now trying to re-write history. The Minister’s contention today that there was no promise to ‘fix’ hospitals by mid-2009 defies belief, Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton said. Mr D... Read more...

Humiliation for Health Minister - Cataract Backdown

29 January 2010 Nicola Roxon’s humiliating backdown on cataract surgery rebates showed how ill-conceived her decision to attempt to slash them by 50 per cent was in the first place. Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton said it also showed how little the Health Minister an... Read more...

It’s official – Health is headless and Rudderless

15 January 2010 A former senior Labor adviser’s recommendation that the Federal Department of Health virtually be abolished is a stinging indictment of Kevin Rudd and his hapless Health Minister Nicola Roxon. Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton said the findings of the Baxter ... Read more...

‘Programmatic specificity’ needed on hospital reform

15 December 2009 Kevin Rudd is openly preparing to recycle his promise to ‘fix’ the nation’s public hospitals in next year’s election campaign. According to media reports today, Mr Rudd has set out ‘his plan for next year’ which includes a promise to ‘table his proposals for fixing... Read more...

Another verdict – Hospitals aren’t fixed

10 December 2009 The Productivity Commission report today on the Performance of Public and Private Hospitals is yet another verdict on Kevin Rudd’s failure to ‘fix’ public hospitals. Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton said the report found that in several ways private hospitals we... Read more...

Show us the money – Kev!

8 December 2009 Kevin Rudd looks more and more like a Labor State Premier as every day passes. The announcement of “a further” $300 million for elective surgery at the Brisbane COAG meeting comes directly from the Labor Premiers’ bags of political trickery. In pure Bob Carr, Morri... Read more...

Qld Labor admits health failure

4 December 2009 Queensland Labor has finally admitted that it can’t manage the State’s health system. Today’s report in Brisbane’s Courier Mail – “Let Canberra have our hospitals” – was an abject admission of failure, Federal Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton said today. “Fo... Read more...

NSW health remains in critical condition

4 December 2009 The latest performance data for New South Wales hospitals highlights yet again the failure of the State Labor Government to manage the health system and of Kevin Rudd to keep his promise to ‘fix’ public hospitals. Not one area health service across the entire state ... Read more...

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