Page 3394 - Week 08 - Thursday, 23 August 2012
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operations to see the success. And based on that—and I believe it will be a success—we can look at how we can strengthen that regional relationship in health into the future.
MS PORTER: A supplementary, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Yes, Ms Porter.
MS PORTER: Are there any other areas which we need to continue to develop in order to achieve your vision, Minister?
MS GALLAGHER: I thank Ms Porter for the question. Without doubt, the work of government is never done. There are always further priorities to address, whether it be some of the challenges around urban densification or around how we protect the bush capital nature of our city or how we address some of the issues around affordable housing options. Another priority area is transport for Canberra and how we continue to invest in public transport to make it the transport of choice for this city into the future. We have a number of pieces of work underway looking at things like the Gungahlin to Northbourne corridor and also the work of providing ACTION bus services across the community.
So there is always so much more to do, but we are very lucky to live in this beautiful city where we have got all the plans in place to address some of those challenges. We have got the business development strategy and we have got tax reform underway. We have got a very strong policy agenda going into the next four years. We will be focusing on all of those things that matter to Canberrans, those local government services—health, education—but we will also be wanting to maintain the very strong Labor agenda of removing discrimination, ensuring equality for all our citizens and making sure that, where governments provide assistance to those in need, we provide it in a targeted way that gets the best bang for the buck out of our dollar and makes sure that it helps people who need that extra helping hand.
We will be continuing all of that focus over the next four years. Mr Speaker, I am sure I can say at the conclusion of question time for the Seventh Assembly that it has been a blast.
MR HANSON: A supplementary, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: How appropriate, Mr Hanson.
MR HANSON: Indeed, Mr Speaker. It is only appropriate that it is to the Minister for Health, of course. Minister, in this spirit of regional cooperation, have you provided any advice to your New South Wales counterparts on how they might be able to fix their ED performance?
MS GALLAGHER: How I would advise the New South Wales government on fixing their ED problems?
Mr Hanson: Absolutely. You’ve certainly got a view of how it could be done here. I was wondering if you’ve got any view of how they can do it.
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