Outbid by the Greens. WTF?!?

The Liberals have been outbid by the Greens. Will Hodgman announced $800,000 to go towards upgrading ambulances, the Greens claimed they would give an extra $2million to the ambulance service.

This follows the poor state of healthcare being, again, exposed.

The Liberal’s offer of under a million dollars is clearly insufficient. Given the fact the price of a defibrillator is $2,000 to $4,500 (US), not to mention other assorted equipment, and Tasmania has a fleet of 105 Ambulances- the cost to fully upgrade and fit out vehicles will well-exceed the $800,000 offer- it may indeed exceed the Greens' $2million offer, noting their wage-related promises. The Liberal’s clearly can, and need to, budget much more for the Tasmanian Ambulance Service.

In other health news related to the Tasmanian election, Sue Napier (MHA, Bass) has challenged David Llewellyn to a debate:

"I'm not sure if the minister even understands the extent of the crisis in his own department, let alone have any idea what his incompetent Labor government is going to do to fix it," Ms Napier said (added to the Notable Quotes page).

In education news, Hidding is doing well- especially in his party’s attempt to address the skill shortage. Labor simply ignores the problem, while the Greens would have us important shoddy foreign doctors (if they could control immigration), or force people to study medicine under Stalinist-like force.