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| Ron Hoenig MP visiting facilities at Randwick TAFE |
The
Baird Liberal Government’s latest budget has again ignored the needs of the
Heffron electorate and made huge cuts across the State to hospital funding and
education, Member for Heffron Ron Hoenig said today.
“The basic services our local families rely on have
already been decimated because of the Liberal Government’s cuts. This budget
has confirmed this is only set to continue.
“For
this year alone, the budget falls short $554 million of what the Australian
Medical Association says is necessary for our health system to continue to
function effectively.
“This
is on top of the $3 billion that has already been ripped from our health system
which has begun to affect the Prince of Wales Hospital.
“Only
recently I presented a petition to Parliament signed by 10,000 people opposing
cuts to jobs and services at the Prince of Wales Hospital.
“Doctors,
nurses, hospital staff and patients are concerned that the cuts in funding are
affecting the quality of health care and are putting lives at risk.
“This
budget is now only going to fuel the fear our community has for our ailing
health system.
“The
doctors, nurses and hospital staff do an exemplary job in our hospital but this
additional strain on them is alarming.
“In
a further blow to our education system, this year’s budget has revealed that
another 375 TAFE teachers positions’ will be cut in the upcoming financial
year, bringing the total number of jobs lost at
TAFE to an astonishing 1,008 since the Liberals came into power.
“This
is on top of the $1.7 billion that the Liberals have already cut from our
schools and TAFE colleges.
“I
have personally met with a number of TAFE teachers who have told me that they
work additional unpaid hours in order to provide students with the best
opportunities.
“The
people of Heffron have a right to be fed up with the NSW Government – we need to
see the improved services and infrastructure that is rightly deserved, not cut
after cut,” Mr Hoenig said.
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