who is Davis mate? Never heard of him/her. If it’s Katherine Davies, i've def heard of her. Fantastic sort.
That sucks mate though your wages are not what i am talking about. Many industries suffer due to incompetence. How about small businesses?
Facts are this. Andrews has been in power for how many years, as has the libs federally and so why is the system so broken all the time? Who pays your wages over the last 20 years? Is it soley scomos fault there are hospital beds in make shift tents outside hospitals? Why are the waiting lists so long that people are dying without care.
Lastly, and most importantly why isn't there a royal commission into the handling of covid especially from Victoria?
These issues are more important than Scomo and his 5 portfolios , or botox surgery. That is my point. Where is the outcry for the health sector/small businesses. Where is the Royal Commission?
Minister for health for 4 years I think it was. I know he was the minister during our last dirty EBA negotiations with industrial action. Piece of crap he was. Nothing but cuts cuts cuts to the health industry.
As for Andrews, not saying he is perfect, but you asked about the health industry and I am just stating that first hand he has moved mountains for the health industry compared to the previous state liberal government and I have given you a few tangible examples of the increased funding, evidence-based safety legislation and developments he has directly overseen to support that point. You are welcome to come and see them - in fact I'm even happy to give you a tour of what the Andrews government has delivered.
I've never said Scomo has anything to do with the tents personally. Those tents were erected to increase the capacity of our emergency departments but have actually seen minimal use. Yes, you'll see the odd article by someone who was treated in there and complained, but from my own experience, including brief periods acting as the associate program director responsible for the emergency department at my hospital in the eastern suburbs, they have seen limited if not completely negligible use - there simply isn't enough staff to manage them and our ED's are currently operating sometimes with just over half of the mandated nurse:patient ratios I discussed in my previous post. This is not isolated to my organisation. People have simply tapped out - retired, reduced their hours, moved further out or gone to cushier jobs in the wake of the pandemic. And I don't blame them. It's been on my own mind for a long time now.
Regarding the royal commission, I don't mind if there is one myself. There were some very questionable decisions made. Despite this what I would have liked to see is some FEDERAL leadership on the pandemic. Scomo basically washed his hands and left it to the states to manage as they saw fit, then criticised labor state governments for outbreaks whilst funnelling disproportionate amounts of vaccines to liberal states.
I've said before the health sector usually runs at or above 100% capacity in 'normal circumstances' but this appears to be our new normal and I don't see it improving for YEARS. I've been keeping an eye out for jobs that at least pay close to what I'm earning now and aren't in the industry but unfortunately I've gone just high enough up the public ladder for it to be a significant financial loss to leave and we have 4 kids at home
