OWN GOAL ON HEALTH-COMPARISON #1

Well yesterday sure was interesting when we had the conservative candidates first press release as a candidate. I was very curious to see, given the teasers he put out, what they were going to offer in the area of health for Cairns. Turned out to be a bit of an own goal.
The release turned out to be nothing more than a report on what the other party was possibly going to do. It gave them heaps of free publicity without having to commit to anything. It hints that they are going to do something, which people will no doubt appreciate. Now they can watch the public debate unfold, the inevitable surveys in print,radio and TV media all the while saying "We are looking at all the options to improve things in Cairns and FNQ".
They will then have their spin doctors come up with every conceivable angle to make it look fantastic and they will be able to counter any issues that arise now. If there are too many hurdles they can walk away from it and say we were never going to do that, the candidate was wrong. Had this not been "leaked" the candidate would not have had the time and the input they will no doubt get now on how to fine tune the plan if this was not known until the election.Would have been much smarter to hang on to the info and determine the pros and cons and identify the flaws and come up with something better. You can't just report what others are doing, you have to come up with what you're going to do better. Tim Grau and the local Cairns ALP must be pissing themselves laughing.
There was then a tweet sent out regarding the issue from the ALP candidate which confirmed what everyone knows and that is decisions and policies will be decided by Brisbane/Canberra and she will be given the script to trot out the party line at the required time.
So we had a party that announced the 'possible' future plans of another party and none of their own. We have another party that does not know what will happen or be available for Cairns as she is not allowed to detemine it and it will be dictated to her.
The third alternative being the Australian Party as outlined in this blog has come up with the first stage of our possible solutions to health issues in our area.We are committed to addressing the staffing issues plaguing our system with innovative solutions such as job sharing, child care and reviewing the rural scholarships scheme.
Our solutions were developed with local stakeholders and people with the professional knowledge LOCALLY. We don't need seat warmer bureacrats from Brisbane coming up here telling us what they think is going to work because it works down there.
Voters of Cairns are now able to make their first comparison between the three confirmed candidates in the vital area of health.