I can't find the link but I thought this was politics at it's best, or worst, depending on your politicalnt. In the HUN yesterday, page 18, a FULL page ad on the $107 mill being paid to Victoria. Not many words, so I will type it out to give an idea to those who don't read the HUN.
Headline in bold: Injecting $107m into Victorian hospitals.
- This will reverse cuts made by the Victorian government.
- It means that patients will benefit directly from the Commonwealth's investment which will see funding grow from $3.6 billion in 2012-13 to $4.5 billion in 2015-16. That's an increase of $900 million (The bold is in the ad, not my highlighting)
- Paid direct to your local hospital
There is a picture of an emergency nurse in the ad. If you look at it long enough, she looks a lot like Gillard. I'm not kidding.
The main reason I posted this is that the $107 million is the funds that the federal government withheld, isn't it? It ISN'T reverse cuts the Victorian government has done, it is reversing the decision the FEDERAL government made.
This ad is in one paper, I don't know if it's in others, but how much would that cost? Surely the money would be better spent on actually doing something about health, rather than disingenously promote themselves?
For what it's worth, the state government has done worse with bigger cuts, then denying there are cuts. I'm getting sick and tired of the lies being peddled about by BOTH sides of politics, and BOTH levels of parliament.
My dream is to have ALL politicians hooked up to lie dectectors whenever they open their mouths, and for large electric shocks to be administered every time they lie. Unfortunately, that would mean huge electricity price increases to all of us.
Headline in bold: Injecting $107m into Victorian hospitals.
- This will reverse cuts made by the Victorian government.
- It means that patients will benefit directly from the Commonwealth's investment which will see funding grow from $3.6 billion in 2012-13 to $4.5 billion in 2015-16. That's an increase of $900 million (The bold is in the ad, not my highlighting)
- Paid direct to your local hospital
There is a picture of an emergency nurse in the ad. If you look at it long enough, she looks a lot like Gillard. I'm not kidding.
The main reason I posted this is that the $107 million is the funds that the federal government withheld, isn't it? It ISN'T reverse cuts the Victorian government has done, it is reversing the decision the FEDERAL government made.
This ad is in one paper, I don't know if it's in others, but how much would that cost? Surely the money would be better spent on actually doing something about health, rather than disingenously promote themselves?
For what it's worth, the state government has done worse with bigger cuts, then denying there are cuts. I'm getting sick and tired of the lies being peddled about by BOTH sides of politics, and BOTH levels of parliament.
My dream is to have ALL politicians hooked up to lie dectectors whenever they open their mouths, and for large electric shocks to be administered every time they lie. Unfortunately, that would mean huge electricity price increases to all of us.
