Tasmanian Labor
Tasmanian Labor respects the outcome of the Federal Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area Values Assessment.
Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Michelle O’Byrne said Tasmania has some extraordinary Aboriginal heritage and it needs to be protected.
“Our island is home to thousands of years of aboriginal history and it is important that we protect and respect this,” Ms O’Byrne said.
“Given the Tasmanian Government have embarked on a pathway to Treaty with Tasmanian Aboriginal people, a commitment that has Labor’s full support, the government should now as a demonstration of good faith, confirm they will cease trying to reopen these tracks that have been closed since 2012.
Tasmanian Labor
the unacceptable tragedy at Hobart’s Roy Fagan Centre and accepting
responsibility but not accountability, Health Minister Jeremy Rockliff needs to
tell Tasmanians today what he will do to fix the situation.
Shadow Minister for Health, Mental
Health and Wellbeing Dr Bastian Seidel said Mr Rockliff had failed patients and
staff by doing nothing to lift the Gutwein Government’s unacceptable level of
care despite having knowledge of chronic staff shortages for at least seven
months.
Minister responsible for care at Roy Fagan for the past two years, not just the
past two days,” Dr Seidel said.
“The report on this heartbreaking
Tasmanian Labor
As the Tasmanian health system continues to lurch from disaster to disaster the Liberal Government has failed abysmally on crucial resourcing promises it made more than three years ago.
Shadow Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing Dr Bastian Seidel said an important commitment to fast track a so-called dedicated Health Recruitment, Retention and Workforce Planning Unit made by former failed Health Minister Michael Ferguson in 2018 had still not been delivered.
“Mr Ferguson promised to deliver this unit in the first month of the former Hodgman Government in 2018 which he said would deliver more than 1,300 new health staff within six years,” Dr Seidel said.
Tasmanian Labor
Labor’s Patient Navigation Program will improve mental health care
Program will enable better support and outcomes
A Majority Labor Government will fund an enhanced Patient Navigation Program to improve the integration of mental health care and ensure no Tasmanian is left behind in the state’s mental health system.
Labor Leader Rebecca White said the fragmented Tasmanian system under the Liberals leads to poor clinical outcomes and ongoing frustration in the community.
“The mental health system under the Liberals is a maze with insurmountable barriers for many patients, carers and their families,” Ms White said.
“Patients with complex care needs require more and varied healthcare services, along with a high degree of coordinated care, and evidence has shown that these patients and their families have better outcomes if they have access to integrated care.
Tasmanian Labor
Public private partnerships will provide dental care to 5,000 aged care residents
Substantial investment needed to improve older Tasmanians’ dignity and quality of life
A Majority Labor Government will provide priority dental care to thousands of Tasmanians living in residential care.
Shadow Health Minister Dr Bastian Seidel said older Tasmanians cannot be forgotten when it comes to dental health.
“Dental care and dental prosthesis care are an essential part of health and wellbeing for older Tasmanians living in residential care,” Dr Seidel said.
“But too often, aged care residents are not able to get the treatments they need, with terrible consequences for their dignity and quality of life.