00:01Rush Hour at Liverpool Hospital and staff had a new admission to contend with.
00:06They've actually caught us at probably one of our busiest times.
00:09But Chris Minns came with a peace offering, more support for a nursing workforce that's under strain.
00:14These people deserve more than anyone.
00:16Fire Brigades are the heroes, they're all the pretty boys with muscles.
00:20You know the Premier was a firefighter.
00:23The next phase of so-called safe staffing levels will soon begin
00:27with a ratio of one nurse to every four patients in general, surgical and specialty wards.
00:32It's already helping exhausted staff in emergency.
00:35As a previous ED nurse, seeing the ED roll out of safe staffing levels has brought great relief.
00:42Close to a billion dollars was previously set aside for the project.
00:45Now a new round of recruitment will begin.
00:48It'll be well over probably a thousand nurses over the next nine to twelve months.
00:52But future spending on public services could have to be reined in
00:55with the state's economy losing momentum.
00:58It was forecast to grow by two and a half percent.
01:01That's now been slashed to just one percent.
01:03The Treasurer says the war in the Middle East will push up costs
01:06and reduce spending power in the state with the biggest mortgages.
01:10Higher interest rates hurt working Australians in every state,
01:14but they hurt working Australians more in this state.
01:17Excuses, excuses, excuses.
01:19Today Daniel Mookie continues his theme of finding somebody else to blame
01:23for his economic position in New South Wales.
01:25Despite their controversial roll out,
01:27the Government says investment in renewable energy projects
01:30is helping stave off recession.
01:32But the economic engine room is running out of puff.
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