00:00 As Tasmania struggles to keep its health workers and with hospitals under pressure, Labor says
00:07 it has a $23 million plan to fix the problem.
00:10 For far too long Tasmania has been uncompetitive when it comes to other states around the country.
00:15 They're miles ahead of us.
00:17 Labor has promised to convert 500 contract health jobs to permanent positions and pay
00:22 university fees for 200 graduate nurses and midwives if they work in Tasmania for at least
00:28 three years.
00:29 They've promised to do the same for allied health workers and paramedics, as well as
00:33 to hire extra nurse practitioners and plan childcare centres at public hospitals.
00:38 The reality is that if we can offer people permanent employment we will be able to keep
00:43 staff longer.
00:44 The staff turnover is a huge burden on our health system.
00:47 The Liberals also unveiled their own $10 million plan to attract nurses and $120 million to
00:53 build a new heart centre at the Launceston General Hospital.
00:57 Giving local options to heart attack sufferers like Will Smith, who had to fly interstate
01:02 for treatments and follow-ups.
01:04 At the moment I have one hour appointments in Melbourne that are a three day event.
01:07 I need to pay for flights, three days of accommodation.
01:11 My neck of the woods in the north west coast, we have the highest prevalence of cardiovascular
01:16 disease in the nation.
01:18 For the second day in a row the Liberals announced a ministerial decision during the election
01:23 campaign.
01:24 This one to have a wind farm proposal assessed under the major projects framework.
01:29 Labor says it's a breach of caretaker conventions.
01:31 But some legal experts say it's a grey area, given it doesn't involve funding and could
01:36 be undone by a future government.
01:39 Major projects timeline as I understand it finished on Friday and it was signed off and
01:45 announced just yesterday.
01:48 A decision that's already generated controversy.
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