Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Healthcare

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National Audit to expose GP Super Clinics failings

May 17, 2012

I welcome the news that the Australian National Audit Office recently commenced their inquiry into the failed $650 million GP Super Clinics program in a bid to uncover the waste, mismanagement and delays that have plagued the Labor Government’s flagship health program.

The GP Super Clinics program was a massive investment of taxpayer’s money, and the public have a right to know how effectively that money is or isn’t being spent.

The Coalition also calls on the ANAO to expand their audit and include the decision making behind the locations of each clinic. ... Read more »

50 days to go until world's biggest Carbon Tax

May 12, 2012

The world’s biggest carbon tax will have a dramatic impact on the households and businesses of Boothby when it commences in just 50 days. ... Read more »

Coalition Budget Reply 2012: Restoring Hope, Reward and Opportunity

May 11, 2012

Budget week has demonstrated that the Coalition offers a very clear economic plan for Boothby and the people of Australia.

The Coalition has demonstrated it has a strong plan for economic growth; and the plan starts with abolishing the carbon tax. ... Read more »

Reviving Foreign Language Study in Boothby Schools

May 11, 2012

The Coalition’s announcement of reviving foreign languages in schools was the right policy to help unlock the potential offered by the Asian Century.

Within a decade, we want to see 40 per cent of all Year 12 students in Boothby and across Australia studying a foreign language. ... Read more »

Slashed GP Super Clinics funding is an admission of failure

May 9, 2012

The $44 million dollar slashing of the GP Super Clinics program is an admission by the Gillard Government that the program has been a catastrophic failure after being plagued by countless scandals. ... Read more »

General Practice short-changed in Labor’s cooked-books Budget

May 9, 2012

Primary care funding has been downgraded in last night’s cooked books budget with $83.5 million ripped from cervical cancer screening, diabetes care and immunisations that are managed in general practice. ... Read more »

Budget offers no plan for Boothby, more debt and a Carbon Tax

May 8, 2012

Andrew Southcott, Federal Member for Boothby said the Budget is a major disappointment for residents of Boothby.

“This year’s Budget demonstrates no plan to build a stronger economy, repay debt or create secure jobs”

“It’s a confused budget. All it delivers is more borrowing, more taxes, record debt – and the world’s biggest carbon tax.” ... Read more »

ANZAC Day 2012

April 19, 2012

Thousands of people across Boothby will join together on April 25 to pay silent tribute to all Australians who have served, fought and died in defence of our nation and our values.

I encourage all local residents to participate in ceremonies to mark the 97th anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops in Gallipoli. ... Read more »

Carr at odds with PM on drugs policy

April 3, 2012

Today’s release of the Australia21 report recommending the decriminalisation of illicit drugs shows that despite their constant rhetoric, nothing has changed. The Gillard Government are still divided and dysfunctional.

Senator Bob Carr’s latest political gaffe has his comments at complete odds with the current Prime Minister, ... Read more »

Doctors walk out of Modbury in the latest “not-so” Super Clinics scandal

March 22, 2012

As of next month, there will be no permanent doctors staffing the $25 million Modbury GP Plus Super Clinic, in what is the latest scandal to plague the Government’s failed GP Super Clinics program. ... Read more »
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Level 1, 724 Marion Rd
MARION SA 5043

Phone: (08) 8374 0511
Fax: (08) 8374 3071
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