00:02An ageing hospital in a near perpetual state of crisis that Territory Labor pledges it has the answer to.
00:10Labor's made it very clear in the Territory we are committed to delivering a new Royal Darwin Hospital here for
00:16everyone.
00:17From opposition, Labor says it's not just political talk.
00:21We're starting the work now, we're working with our medical professionals, we're working with architects,
00:26we're working with Territorians to understand what does a future hospital need to look like here in Darwin.
00:33Eyeing off a possible location on defence land set to be sold off in the Darwin suburb of Berrimah.
00:40The Berrimah Barracks presents the greatest opportunity to build a new premier tertiary hospital for the Territory,
00:48one that is close to the airport for aerial retrieval services.
00:51The Berrimah site certainly has benefits in that it's between the city and Palmerston.
00:56After a year campaigning for a new hospital, Territory doctors get the prognosis they wanted.
01:03It's aging to a point that it can't be patched up anymore.
01:06We saw bricks falling from the side of the tower through the ceiling while doctors were trying to provide care
01:12during the last cyclone.
01:13So we do need a brand new hospital from scratch.
01:16Others more cautious over the pledge.
01:18They say one thing and do another. I'll believe it when I see it.
01:23They make promises all the time and then they don't fulfil on them
01:26and everybody goes down and what we need we don't get.
01:28The NT Health Minister branding Labor's pitch a headline grab.
01:33He's not in a rush to match.
01:35We're not ruling in, we're not ruling out any future Darwin hospital,
01:39but what we are doing is planning for the future.
01:42We're planning for strategic health infrastructure right across the board.
01:46Territory Labor says it's talking with the Commonwealth on the need for a new Darwin hospital.
01:51But no federal funding has been locked in for it,
01:54which leaves the question, could it fall to a cash strapped territory?
01:59Certainly the territory is in no position to put the entire cost of a new hospital for Darwin on the
02:06tab.
02:06With the next territory election in 2028, Labor has two years to convince the Commonwealth and voters of the value.
02:15aren't necessary, but the extremist, YUNI are in a ministry .
02:15you not hat a chance to kill unbelievable,
02:15you shall be completely frustrated.
02:16Yeah, you are human about the nature of this a year in the community,
02:16and there are three times more than that.
02:16In an environment this year, it is not part of a place where local rocket teams can't do.
