Page 1905 - Week 07 - Thursday, 20 August 1992
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .
The amendments will require the ACT Government to report to the Assembly by August 1993 and in the meantime to provide interim reports on its progress. It is unfortunate that the ACT Government has not recognised the importance of this task before now. However, if successful, the amendments to this motion will mean that the task will commence shortly. It may well be the most important task this Government undertakes in the next three years and will shape our future for the next 30 years.
Amendments agreed to.
Motion, as amended, agreed to.
Sitting suspended from 12.15 to 2.30 pm
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Hospital Bed Numbers
MR KAINE: I would like to address a question to the Minister for Health. I draw his attention to the existing situation in the ACT where, on the last available figures, the ACT had 2.73 public hospital beds per thousand population and trending downwards, while the Macklin report recommends a level of 3.3 beds per thousand by the year 2000, which would require an upward trend. My question is: Does the Minister agree with the Commonwealth national health strategy, and, if so, what is he doing to lift his game and produce the requisite number of beds in the next eight years?
MR BERRY: I do not have to lift my game; I stayed in the chamber all day yesterday.
Mr Kaine: And I went away and spoke to some constituents, which you would not allow me to do yesterday.
MR BERRY: You should have been here earning your money. The Macklin report is a very important report and investigation into health services throughout Australia. Of course, I do not have a copy of the report with me and - - -
Mr Kaine: Have you read it?
Mr Humphries: What does it say?
MADAM SPEAKER: Order, members! I direct your attention to standing order 39. Mr Berry, please continue.
Mr Kaine: I take a point of order, Madam Speaker. While you are drawing people's attention to standing orders, you might ask the Minister to answer the question.
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .