Comments on: Hospitals policy ensures administrative competence the issue next election

By: Russell W

Russell W — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:53:56 +0000

This new concern for workers’ welfare from Liberal supporters is very encouraging, particularly when Liberal state governments have shown little interest in improving occupational health and safety. If the current government is to blame for the deaths of employees while installing insulation Conservative state governments are liable for every work place death during their terms of office.Negligent employers are the problem not the government.
By the time any safety audit is complete the circus will have passed and the voters will have forgotten.

We in Oz are fortunate that health is not a business otherwise we’d be burdened with something like the US system.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:50:44 +0000

Perhaps it is time for Ms Nicola Roxon to confess to taxpayers why she paid a gentleman $80,000 per annum to write her speeches, who had no such experience in writing speeches. She may also need to explain when her department came in under-budget and she insisted the department spend another several hundred thousand dollars just to get rid of the money, instead of saving it. Myles Petersen might ring a bell. This MP is costing taxpayers dearly.

By: R.B.Thompson

R.B.Thompson — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:00:59 +0000

Why are not the standards of electrical installations
questioned as part cause of the insulation debacle ?

Political Science (a contradiction in terms) will no doubt get us back to “basics”, (Kevin’s new buzz word
whatever it may mean) and all will be well !

A digression. Prices will always rise to meet the money available ; with financial institutions pumping out unsecured credit, contemplate the future ! ! !

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:53:06 +0000

It always worries me when politicians rush in to save themselves from political anihalation with a drastic policy. I would have to question Rudd’s timing and how much research has really gone into this decision. To me it is something which needs to be worked on in a systematic way and needs time to work out the correct strategy. I think politics has been the main focus for this policy and in that case, I think it is doomed for failure.