Page 1279 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 3 April 2019
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Why is this important? It is because it has led to the creation of more jobs and more opportunities for Canberrans. Domestically, we have seen very strong growth in the Victorian and Queensland markets. That can be directly linked to the commencement of the Tigerair flights between Melbourne and Canberra and Brisbane and Canberra.
Key international markets connected by Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways are also growing strongly. This includes a further five per cent growth out of China, which is already our strongest market, accounting for one in five of our international visitors. We have seen 35 per cent growth out of Germany, a 25 per cent increase from India and strong growth from the United Kingdom, Singapore and Taiwan.
Canberra Health Services—media statement
MS LAWDER: My question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. Minister, when Canberra Health Services made a media statement on 13 March 2019 about the Canberra Times’s reporting of the midwife’s submission to the maternity services inquiry, Canberra Health Services were more distressed over the headline than over the incident outlined in the submission and how it might have impacted on the patient.
On 21 March you expressed concern about the way this matter was reported but did not express concern about the impact of this serious incident on the patient. Minister, why are you more concerned about a newspaper headline than the distress suffered by a patient being forced into a vaginal examination without consent?
MS FITZHARRIS: I am not. I think, out of respect to the patient and to staff who work closely with patients every day, we should allow due process to take place, noting that it is very difficult for due process to take place regarding an anonymous complaint. But I am concerned by any report that examinations without consent in maternity services would have taken place. I repeat that in the answer to this question.
MS LAWDER: Minister, did you agree to the media statement made by Canberra Health Services on 21 March?
MS FITZHARRIS: I refer Ms Lawder to the answer that I gave yesterday. I was aware of it but I do not have a role in approving it.
MRS DUNNE: Minister, who is investigating the public statements made in early March and the consumer complaint?
MS FITZHARRIS: I am sorry, I am not sure what Mrs Dunne means by the first part of her question. Could she repeat it, please, Madam Speaker?
MRS DUNNE: Who is investigating the consumer complaint that was made on 7 February? Is anyone investigating the comments made on 13 March by Canberra Health Services and are they investigating the veracity of those statements?
MS FITZHARRIS: I am sorry, I am finding that question very hard to follow. For the first part of the question, which is about a complaint received on 7 February and
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