Doorstop – Mandurah

E&OE…                       Topics: $25 million for Peel Health Campus; Sustainable Health Review; Donations; Flinders   MARGARET STURDY: Hello. I’m Margaret Sturdy, I’m the Chief Executive Officer of Peel Health Campus. It gives me great delight today to introduce the Member for Canning Andrew Hastie to our site, who will introduce the federal Minister for Health.…

Doorstop – Perth

E&OE…   Topics: $10 million for research into precision medicines; Stirling; Labor’s tax policy   GREG HUNT: It’s great to be here with Ben Morton and Andrew Hastie and Steve Irons.   Today’s a great day for WA. Today’s a great day for Australia. And potentially, it’s a great day for the world.   The…

$25 million for Peel Health Campus

The Liberal National Government will invest $25 million to upgrade the Peel Health Campus (PHC) in Western Australia, improving important health services for people in Mandurah and the Peel region.   An investment of $21 million through our Government’s Community Health and Hospitals Fund will deliver the expansion of the Emergency Department, the construction of…

$375 million for 50 MRI licences

The Liberal National Government will expand its MRI program to 50 new MRI licences, giving patients from all around Australia access to life saving scans.   As we mark World Cancer Day, this investment will allow patients to access Medicare-subsidised lifesaving scans for cancer as well as stroke, heart and other medical conditions.   An…

$54.5 million for type 1 diabetes research

The Liberal National Government will provide $54.5 million for research that will give new hope and support to the more than 120,000 Australian children and adults living with type 1 diabetes.   The funding is provided through the Government’s landmark Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).   Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Australia will receive $25 million…

Statement

I am passionate about the Mornington Peninsula community. It is where I grew up and it is where I am now raising my family.   It’s a wonderful community I have been the representative of since 2001.   Every election you have to work hard to secure the support of the voters.   That hasn’t…

Help fix Jetty Road

For years, the local community and myself have written to the Victorian Government requesting improvements to vehicular and pedestrian safety at the intersection of Jetty Road and the Mornington Peninsula Freeway in Rosebud. Sadly, this has been to little avail. I recently held a listening post in Rosebud with a petition to improve this intersection…

ABC interview with Jon Faine

E&OE…                       Topics: Flinders; My Health Record   JON FAINE:             Former Liberal but now independent member of the federal parliament Julia Banks has confirmed that she will run in Flinders against the Health Minister and Member for Flinders Greg Hunt.   So that means that Oliver Yates from the Clean Energy Fund is running against…