The Queensland Party Candidate for Cairns, D.J.Hunt recently launched an e-petition to relocate the Cairns Base Hospital and has called on the Queensland government to take head of their own Queensland Reconstruction Authority principles and fast track an alternate site for a Cairns hospital.
"Major General Mick Slater in his full page ad in the Cairns Post states that the reconstruction principles are ‘people first, recovery will be led locally, building a resilient Queensland and enhancing flood and disaster preparedness and mitigation measures’. ” said Mr Hunt.
“Are these just hollow words or are Labor fair dinkum about this. An alternate hospital puts people first, just ask the evacuated patients still stuck in Brisbane. Local people are screaming at the government we need an alternate hospital site. If we want a resilient Far North Queensland we need to ensure that our hospital is not taken out by the disaster.”
Mr Hunt stated “Finally and most importantly there is no greater piece of critical infrastructure in our area that needs disaster preparedness and mitigation measures more than our hospital. Labor’s arguments on this issue are based on crossing your fingers and hoping for the best and whether or not you can buy a kebab nearby. We take it a lot more seriously than that.”
“The Queensland Party position is this is not good enough and we need to plan for our future. I urge everyone to have your say and get your voice heard by the ostriches in George Street, Brisbane by going to the link http://bit.ly/eTjB6h and signing our E-petition.”
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