Page 1645 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 6 June 2023

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To conclude, I note some peevish comments about critics of this takeover reported in this morning’s Canberra Times. Well, if you cease negotiations and conspire to launch a lightning hostile takeover of a faith-run institution like Calvary Hospital when you are not doing such a great job of running your own hospital, then you have to expect some criticism. This government needs to get off its high horse, get some perspective and just concentrate on running a functional public health system.

I move, now, to the amendments. I think it was Ms Davidson who said that amendments by the minister commit her to services but not to staff levels. I am concerned; how does that work? Is that an instance of the minister cracking the whip no matter how hardworking her frontline staff are? We are just going to make those services work, and it is not going to guarantee that our already hardworking, exhausted frontline workers will not be worked to the bone a little further. It is another example of the ACT government not caring for their employees, their workers. We heard Minister Gentleman talk about that earlier. What impact will this have on staff? They are exhausted.

Saying, “We will maintain services but we will not guarantee staffing levels,” is not a very endearing way to get your new employees onside. So we will not be agreeing to the amendment.

Question put:

That the amendment be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Original question, as amended, resolved in the affirmative.

Planning Bill 2022

Detail stage

Clause 111.

Debate resumed.

Clause 111 agreed to.

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