Doctors and nurses get no job guarantees under Rudd

State Labor will hand over billions of dollars of Queenslander’s GST money to Kevin Rudd but can’t guarantee that no doctors, nurses or allied health professionals will lose their jobs.

LNP health spokesman Mark McArdle said that questioning in parliament today revealed that State Labor was all too willing to hand over billions in GST money to Kevin Rudd without seeking answers to important questions – including whether regional hospitals and services will be shut down.

“If New South Wales senior health officials are correct, the Rudd reform could force the closure of more than 100 NSW hospitals, which begs the question – how many Queensland regional hospitals will close,” Mr McArdle said.

“Surely Queensland Health has performed a similar impact study, but the Minister denies such an ‘at threat’ list exists.

 “It’s bad enough having decisions made from Brisbane, let alone Canberra.

 “The LNP is in no doubt that we need to change the way the public hospital system is run.

“But the LNP will not agree that handing over billions of dollars of Queensland’s GST money is the right way to go given Rudd can’t even manage to put a pink batt in a roof – particularly without asking even seeking a guarantee of no hospital closures.”