The South Australian Political Landscape

[Jim05]

now the Libs start attacking the ramping issue and Labor have 0 answers. i briefly heard Picton on radio this morning, sounds exactly like Jack Snelling when he was in the role.

So with ramping being the worst it’s ever been in this state how come the ambos haven’t covered their vehicles in graffiti demanding funding or assistance
Oh that’s right……………………

[MW]

now the Libs start attacking the ramping issue and Labor have 0 answers. i briefly heard Picton on radio this morning, sounds exactly like Jack Snelling when he was in the role.

He had all the answers for 4 years then <POOF> Nothing except blame the previous government

All I'm hearing is new ambo stations, vehicles, paramedics, hospital upgrades, new MCH, more nurse uni and tafe intakes etc
Hardly zero answers

[mighty_tiger_79]

now the Libs start attacking the ramping issue and Labor have 0 answers. i briefly heard Picton on radio this morning, sounds exactly like Jack Snelling when he was in the role.

He had all the answers for 4 years then <POOF> Nothing except blame the previous government

All I'm hearing is new ambo stations, vehicles, paramedics, hospital upgrades, new MCH, more nurse uni and tafe intakes etc
Hardly zero answers

Not hearing that ramping is at its highest level.

[MW]

never understood people like you who are so blinded by political loyalty

[Booney]

now the Libs start attacking the ramping issue and Labor have 0 answers. i briefly heard Picton on radio this morning, sounds exactly like Jack Snelling when he was in the role.

He had all the answers for 4 years then <POOF> Nothing except blame the previous government

All I'm hearing is new ambo stations, vehicles, paramedics, hospital upgrades, new MCH, more nurse uni and tafe intakes etc
Hardly zero answers

Not hearing that ramping is at its highest level.

He's not Harry f*cking Potter.

[Jimmy_041]

now the Libs start attacking the ramping issue and Labor have 0 answers. i briefly heard Picton on radio this morning, sounds exactly like Jack Snelling when he was in the role.

He had all the answers for 4 years then <POOF> Nothing except blame the previous government

All I'm hearing is new ambo stations, vehicles, paramedics, hospital upgrades, new MCH, more nurse uni and tafe intakes etc
Hardly zero answers

Nice change from Transforming Health that did the exact opposite

[Booney]

now the Libs start attacking the ramping issue and Labor have 0 answers. i briefly heard Picton on radio this morning, sounds exactly like Jack Snelling when he was in the role.

He had all the answers for 4 years then <POOF> Nothing except blame the previous government

All I'm hearing is new ambo stations, vehicles, paramedics, hospital upgrades, new MCH, more nurse uni and tafe intakes etc
Hardly zero answers

Nice change from Transforming Health that did the exact opposite

And we had no money because the essential services the Libs sold off.

And we had to sell essential services off to pay off the State Bank debt.

Blah blah blah

How about we focus on the now and the future and work towards a better South Australia, or, for a moment just appreciate how f*cking good it is to live where we do, because looking at the past isn't favorable for either side, especially the ones who live in opposition.

[Jimmy_041]

Happy to

Let's hope Dave from Alberton rings up next time Picton is on the radio blaming the previous government for all of our woes and tells him the same thing

[Dinglinga75]

Is ramping increasing due to less bulk bill doctors being available , so next best thing for no cost is to go to hospital and cog up the system there

[Psyber]

Is ramping increasing due to less bulk bill doctors being available , so next best thing for no cost is to go to hospital and cog up the system there

That's is a factor but the central issue is the lack of available beds to use to clear patients out of the EDs, so that those in the Ambulances can be brought into the ED.

There are two issues in the limited availability of GP care:

1. The Medicare rebate has risen by only 65% of inflation each year and that includes the years when the old Medibank was the precursor of Medicare starting in 1975. (In my early private practice days I used to bulk bill all pensioners and all the unemployed but by 1987 could no longer afford to do so due to rising overheads.)

2. Until recent years one could become a GP by completing two years as a Resident Medical Officer in a major hospital and then joining a general practice under the supervision of the more senior partners. These days becoming a GP requires a multiple year post-graduate training scheme just like becoming a specialist. Guess what - back then 50% of medical graduates became GPs and now only 14% do.

If you have to put in the same training time you may as well go into the top specialties...

Between Medibank and the coming of Medicare Malcolm Fraser had a good idea - he allowed private health funds to pay some of the difference between the government approved rebate and the standard practice fee - but the next ALP government killed that off, privatised Medibank, and started up Medicare.

[Jimmy_041]

Bets on how long it will take to move to the $5 bin
I'm sure he thinks it is a masterpiece

https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/03/09/ ... al-memoir/

[Booney]

Bets on how long it will take to move to the $5 bin
I'm sure he thinks it is a masterpiece

https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/03/09/ ... al-memoir/

You know the party is a shambles when the leader swaps sides.

[DOC]

Bets on how long it will take to move to the $5 bin
I'm sure he thinks it is a masterpiece

https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/03/09/ ... al-memoir/

I think it may start there...

No mention of it on the publishers website. Strange.

[bulldogproud]

now the Libs start attacking the ramping issue and Labor have 0 answers. i briefly heard Picton on radio this morning, sounds exactly like Jack Snelling when he was in the role.

So with ramping being the worst it’s ever been in this state how come the ambos haven’t covered their vehicles in graffiti demanding funding or assistance
Oh that’s right……………………

Ramping increased for the first few months under Labor but has now started falling. It takes time to implement policies and for them to take effect.

[mighty_tiger_79]

now the Libs start attacking the ramping issue and Labor have 0 answers. i briefly heard Picton on radio this morning, sounds exactly like Jack Snelling when he was in the role.

So with ramping being the worst it’s ever been in this state how come the ambos haven’t covered their vehicles in graffiti demanding funding or assistance
Oh that’s right……………………

Ramping increased for the first few months under Labor but has now started falling. It takes time to implement policies and for them to take effect.

transforming health?

[Jimmy_041]

Bets on how long it will take to move to the $5 bin
I'm sure he thinks it is a masterpiece

https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/03/09/ ... al-memoir/

You know the party is a shambles when the leader swaps sides.

For starters, he wasn’t the leader
Secondly, he has a history of swapping sides to feed his own ego
Thirdly, he, personally, got caught in a cleverly concocted ambush, despite warnings from his troops, because he knew better. All the hallmarks of a WWI donkey / narcissist

Notwithstanding, you’re right; they are a shambles
Speirs is on borrowed time, and Gardner can go as well

[Jimmy_041]

Bets on how long it will take to move to the $5 bin
I'm sure he thinks it is a masterpiece

https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/03/09/ ... al-memoir/

I think it may start there...

No mention of it on the publishers website. Strange.

My mail is he was demanding a book advance but couldn’t get one anywhere.
It wouldn’t surprise me if he paid Wakefield Press to publish it
He’s going to dump on several journos that told him the truth about his flawed opinion of himself

[Booney]

Bets on how long it will take to move to the $5 bin
I'm sure he thinks it is a masterpiece

https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/03/09/ ... al-memoir/

You know the party is a shambles when the leader swaps sides.

For starters, he wasn’t the leader
Secondly, he has a history of swapping sides to feed his own ego
Thirdly, he, personally, got caught in a cleverly concocted ambush, despite warnings from his troops, because he knew better. All the hallmarks of a WWI donkey / narcissist

Notwithstanding, you’re right; they are a shambles
Speirs is on borrowed time, and Gardner can go as well

Bumped Evans after he couldn't bump Kerin.

[DOC]

Bets on how long it will take to move to the $5 bin
I'm sure he thinks it is a masterpiece

https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/03/09/ ... al-memoir/

You know the party is a shambles when the leader swaps sides.

For starters, he wasn’t the leader
Secondly, he has a history of swapping sides to feed his own ego
Thirdly, he, personally, got caught in a cleverly concocted ambush, despite warnings from his troops, because he knew better. All the hallmarks of a WWI donkey / narcissist

Notwithstanding, you’re right; they are a shambles
Speirs is on borrowed time, and Gardner can go as well

On that this mornings paper is running an article saying that Vincent Tarzia will/may challenge for the leadership as may Ashton Hurn.

The editor has now added this gem:

"The Liberal Party might be facing serious rumblings about the quality of its
leader but he won’t be reading about it in The Advertiser over breakfast.

Or hearing it dissected on morning radio. Or seeing himself in a TV bulletin.

That’s because he has told Advertiser journalists he doesn’t read the
publication or consume news."

Gone for all money but Vincent Tarzia is a lightweight and Ashton Hurn really?

Not sure where they go.

[Jimmy_041]

Bets on how long it will take to move to the $5 bin
I'm sure he thinks it is a masterpiece

https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/03/09/ ... al-memoir/

You know the party is a shambles when the leader swaps sides.

For starters, he wasn’t the leader
Secondly, he has a history of swapping sides to feed his own ego
Thirdly, he, personally, got caught in a cleverly concocted ambush, despite warnings from his troops, because he knew better. All the hallmarks of a WWI donkey / narcissist

Notwithstanding, you’re right; they are a shambles
Speirs is on borrowed time, and Gardner can go as well

Bumped Evans after he couldn't bump Kerin.

He wasn't the leader when he jumped ship

It's just occurred to me: When he's saying "betrayal, scheming and skulduggery" he's actually talking about his own history...............