The major parties have made big promises in their health campaigns. This may play well locally but has its problems
The government and the opposition have promised millions of dollars for capital works as part of their health campaigns in this election. The government has used the medical research future fund with capital for medical research and established a $1.25 bn community health and hospitals fund late last year, with spending from this being announced last week.
The opposition has its $2.8bn hospital fund, with a commitment to a capital project at Concord Hospital in Sydney announced this week. Announcements of this largess will play well locally, but the cargo cult approach – where a federal politician flies in and drops a building announcement to a specially gathered group of local worthies – is no way to ensure that the right health projects are built in the right places.
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