Day eight of Tasmania’s election campaign to focus on housing and tax for GP’s
They’ve been more promises about public transport on day eight of the Tasmanian election campaign, as well as pledges on tax for General Practitioners. Meanwhile, one of the Liberal candidates is continuing to cop flak, this time from Tasmania’s peak doctors’ group.
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00:00 Labor taking another jab at one of the Liberal's candidates, who previously criticised her
00:08 own party's COVID measures and COVID vaccines.
00:12 How low have his standards dropped to go from not allowing her to work in the healthcare
00:17 system to wanting her actually making the laws that govern our healthcare system?
00:21 The Australian Medical Association has described Dr Julie Sladden's opinions as anti-vaccine,
00:28 dangerous and misleading, and questioned what message her pre-selection sends to Tasmanians.
00:34 The AMA would be very interested I'm sure in speaking to all our candidates, including
00:40 Julie with respect to expansion of primary healthcare.
00:44 What the AMA was interested in today was Labor's promise to rule out payroll tax for GPs.
00:50 GPs all around the state I think are really, really relieved to hear an announcement like
00:54 this.
00:55 Without payroll tax they could see the average visit increasing costs between $15 and $20
01:01 per patient.
01:02 The Liberals say there were no plans to impose the tax.
01:05 There will be no change at all to the current circumstances.
01:09 But there are potential changes for southern Tasmania's ferry services.
01:14 The Premier confirming the Liberals would build three new terminals at Lindisfarne,
01:19 Wilkinson's Point and Sandy Bay in the next four years.
01:23 Let me expand this network, it'll take around 1,650 cars off the road.
01:29 Meanwhile the north would get three new park and ride facilities at Lugana, West Tamar,
01:36 Kings Meadows, Youngtown and East Tamar, northern suburbs.
01:39 This is about allowing people greater choice as they come in from outer areas to park their
01:44 car and jump on the bus to come into their city workplace.
01:47 It comes after both major parties committed to half-priced public transport fares for
01:53 12 months.
01:54 The Greens say that doesn't go far enough.
01:57 It's about time that Tasmania made public transport free for every Tasmanian.
02:02 They've costed free public transport for all at $28 million a year and say the benefit
02:08 extends beyond reducing costs for Tasmanians.
02:12 It eases congestion on our roads, it reduces emissions from cars.
02:16 It makes boarding the buses a lot quicker and smoother and it's been shown to reduce
02:22 anti-social behaviour.
02:24 Cost of living concerns continuing to dominate the campaign.
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