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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 12 Hansard (18 November) . . Page.. 4215 ..
Road Transport (General) Act-
Road Transport (General) Exemption of Person & Vehicle from Road Transport Legislation (No 2) 2003-Disallowable Instrument DI2003-278 (LR, 10 October 2003).
Road Transport (General) Exemption of Person & Vehicle from Road Transport Legislation 2003 (No 3)- Disallowable Instrument DI2003-280 (LR, 14 October 2003).
Road Transport (General) Declaration that the road transport legislation does not apply to certain roads and road related areas 2003 (No. 8)-Disallowable Instrument DI2003-281 (LR, 16 October 2003).
Road Transport (General) Exemption of Person & Vehicle from Road Transport Legislation 2003 (No 4)-Disallowable Instrument DI2003-282 (LR, 22 October 2003).
Supervised Injecting Place Trial Act-Supervised Injecting Place Trial Advisory Committee Appointments 2003 (No 1)-Disallowable Instrument DI2003-279 (LR, 16 October 2003).
Tree Protection (Interim Scheme) Act-Tree Protection (Interim Scheme) Appointment 2003-Disallowable Instrument DI2003-276 (LR, 7 October 2003).
Public health system
Discussion of matter of public importance
MR SPEAKER: I have received letters from Ms Dundas and Mr Smyth proposing that matters of public importance be submitted to the Assembly. In accordance with standing order 79, I have determined that the matter proposed by Mr Smyth be submitted to the Assembly, namely:
The state of the Public Health system in the ACT.
MR SMYTH (Leader of the Opposition) (3.45): The state of the public health system in the ACT is of concern to all Canberrans. It is the sort of thing that we all hope we will never have to access but that, when we do, it is there, it is accessible, it is quick, it is effective and it is efficient. How can we not be concerned about the state of our health system when we wake to the news that the managers of our main emergency department are warning the public to expect long waiting times through to Christmas?
The previous government had a policy that focused very strongly on primary health care. What we wanted to do was look after patients, not bureaucracies. The two long-serving and passionate health ministers worked hard on that issue of primary care. They looked at health prevention. They wanted a health system that focused on outcomes, not on how much was spent and where it was spent. They focused on outcomes: real people getting real service, quickly and effectively.
But we also focused on financial effectiveness. We wanted to make sure that we got the best for every dollar that we spent and did not have to continually spend more dollars as
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