Sid Sidebottom (Braddon, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I want to use this time for what it was meant for, and that is to raise issues that affect my electorate and this country. If you want to make a joke of it, mate, leave! Do us all a favour and get out of the system. There is $7.7 million for a new cancer treatment unit, preferably on the north-west coast. We have wonderful commitments of up to $5 million for a GP superclinic in Devonport and $2.5 million for an after hours doctors clinic in Burnie. Very importantly, there is a $60,000 contribution to a new Penguin Medical Centre. Of course, that will help particularly in its relationship to the nursing homes nearby.

I would also like to point out that the Mersey hospital was very much part and parcel of this election. Labor, I am proud to say, have made the decision to honour that commitment. We are working away to do that and I give our assurance that we want to make those services the best possible for the people in the Mersey region. (Time expired)

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