February 9th, 2010
Category: Media Release
Member for Hervey Bay Ted Sorensen has been appointed the LNP’s Deputy Whip.
State Opposition and LNP Leader John-Paul Langbroek said Mr Sorensen would assist the Opposition’s Chief Whip, Mike Horan, in organising MPs during Parliament sittings.
“The Whip and Deputy Whip perform a range of duties for the Leader including organising speaking lists, ensuring attendance for votes and counting votes during divisions on legislation and motions in the Parliament,” he said. Read More…
February 9th, 2010
Category: Media Release
About half of all patients who presented to the Gold Coast Hospital emergency department experienced ramping or waited longer than recommended last December.
Leader of the LNP John-Paul Langbroek said the Minister for Health had been forced to release the data because of a Right to Information request from the State Opposition.
“A lack of hospital beds meant that only 44 per cent of people who presented to the Gold Coast Hospital emergency department were treated within clinically recommended time frames,” Mr Langbroek said.
“What’s worse is that only 460 of the 1013 people who required treatment within 10 minutes were seen on time during December. Read More…
February 8th, 2010
Category: Media Release
One in five Queenslanders needing emergency hospital treatment within 10 minutes are not being seen on time and ambulance officers are losing thousands of hours because they are stuck ramping at hospitals, new figures obtained by the State Opposition reveal.State Opposition and LNP Leader John-Paul Langbroek said the previously secret Queensland Health data, obtained under Right to Information laws, painted a picture of “dangerous and dysfunctional” emergency departments right across Queensland.
The “Emergency Departments – Monthly Performance Report “obtained by the Opposition reveals for the first time:
How many Queenslanders were treated on time in emergency departments, broken down by hospital and the seriousness of the patient’s condition;
How long ambulances are ramping outside hospitals and the hours lost; and
How many patients simply give up waiting and go home without being treated.
Shadow Health Minister Mark McArdle said clogged emergency wards meant 2304 out of 9873 Queenslanders needing emergency department treatment within 10 minutes were not seen on time during November 2009. Read More…
February 4th, 2010
Category: Media Release
It has taken two reports into the A1GP fiasco to show the Bligh Labor Government should have known exactly what the Opposition knew last August.
State Opposition and LNP Leader John-Paul Langbroek said Queenslanders have had enough of lies and excuses and it was time the Premier sacked the Minister for Sport.
“These scathing reports show that the Minister for Sport was asleep at the wheel and that the Premier bungled the contracts by focusing on the headlines not the bottom line,” Mr Langbroek said.
“When the Premier cannot even run a weekend motor race on the Gold Coast it is no wonder that Queensland has lost its AAA credit rating and fallen deep into debt during the boom times.” Read More…
