Ms ANDERSON - 2013-10-08
On 7 September, voters threw out Kevin Rudd’s disastrous Labor government and elected Tony Abbott as Prime Minister. Could the Chief Minister outline the benefits a Coalition federal government will bring to the Northern Territory?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Namatjira for her question. She has a good working relationship with the Prime Minister, and has had for many years. We will continue to have that good relationship, as all colleagues on this side of the Chamber do.
The member for Namatjira was so excited when Warren Truss visited Alice Springs and announced a $33m upgrade of the Outback Way, which runs right through the member for Namatjira’s electorate – $11m each year for three years.
We will be putting in our bid to ensure most of that money stays in the Territory rather than WA and Queensland. That is part of the investment we want, and that is why the member for Namatjira is so excited by a new government in Canberra.
Madam Speaker, I can see around the Chamber we have the members for Drysdale, Blain, Brennan, Daly and you, as member for Goyder, all very interested in the Palmerston and Litchfield regional hospital.
Peter Dutton, the new Health minister, was at the proposed site on the Litchfield boundary near Palmerston and we announced we would put in $150m to build the new regional hospital. This was something Labor, in government, promised for many years and never delivered. The hard work of the Health minister, working with Peter Dutton, the opposition spokesperson, and Prime Minister Tony Abbott, about what we can do to support the growth of Darwin in a regional capacity – $150m has gone forward, $110m from the Coalition, $40m from us, and that will see real growth for health and hospital services in the regional area. That includes a full emergency department, emergency specialists, children’s ward, and a low security day surgery as part of stage one of that service.
A scoping study is being done which will go to full consultation. These are the things you can do when you have good relations with the Prime Minister. It is something you could not do when you had Rudd and Gillard; you could not deliver these things for Palmerston.
You had a tiny site. The site we have chosen is 15 times larger and we will deliver health outcomes for the regional area in the future. These are the things we can do.
It does not stop there. Tiger Brennan Drive is something that would not be delivered under Rudd or Gillard in the next term of government – out beyond forward estimates – 2016-17 is where they were looking. This financial year, we will see money start to flow into the next stage, not the one we are doing now but the next stage – the full duplication between Woolner and Berrimah Roads. We are working here; you drove up debt, did not deliver on infrastructure, and did not deliver on your promises or commitments. This government will continue delivering for the Northern Territory.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Namatjira for her question. She has a good working relationship with the Prime Minister, and has had for many years. We will continue to have that good relationship, as all colleagues on this side of the Chamber do.
The member for Namatjira was so excited when Warren Truss visited Alice Springs and announced a $33m upgrade of the Outback Way, which runs right through the member for Namatjira’s electorate – $11m each year for three years.
We will be putting in our bid to ensure most of that money stays in the Territory rather than WA and Queensland. That is part of the investment we want, and that is why the member for Namatjira is so excited by a new government in Canberra.
Madam Speaker, I can see around the Chamber we have the members for Drysdale, Blain, Brennan, Daly and you, as member for Goyder, all very interested in the Palmerston and Litchfield regional hospital.
Peter Dutton, the new Health minister, was at the proposed site on the Litchfield boundary near Palmerston and we announced we would put in $150m to build the new regional hospital. This was something Labor, in government, promised for many years and never delivered. The hard work of the Health minister, working with Peter Dutton, the opposition spokesperson, and Prime Minister Tony Abbott, about what we can do to support the growth of Darwin in a regional capacity – $150m has gone forward, $110m from the Coalition, $40m from us, and that will see real growth for health and hospital services in the regional area. That includes a full emergency department, emergency specialists, children’s ward, and a low security day surgery as part of stage one of that service.
A scoping study is being done which will go to full consultation. These are the things you can do when you have good relations with the Prime Minister. It is something you could not do when you had Rudd and Gillard; you could not deliver these things for Palmerston.
You had a tiny site. The site we have chosen is 15 times larger and we will deliver health outcomes for the regional area in the future. These are the things we can do.
It does not stop there. Tiger Brennan Drive is something that would not be delivered under Rudd or Gillard in the next term of government – out beyond forward estimates – 2016-17 is where they were looking. This financial year, we will see money start to flow into the next stage, not the one we are doing now but the next stage – the full duplication between Woolner and Berrimah Roads. We are working here; you drove up debt, did not deliver on infrastructure, and did not deliver on your promises or commitments. This government will continue delivering for the Northern Territory.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016