Dr McGirr said Jillian Skinners offer to quit if the Base Hospital is not built when she is in power is at the very least a hollow political statement that has no depth of commitment and will simply not be accepted at the ballot box.
"Scepticism has now reached the non belief level - The voters of the electorate of Wagga Wagga simply no longer believe what is coming out of Sydney" said Dr McGirr and he added "The reasons are simple"
* A senior coalition representative has offered to quit if the hospital is not completed 'when she is in power' -
Dr McGirr - That simply could be two terms of Government producing a further eight year wait.
* The coalition to allocate $125 Million dollars to stage 1 of the project.
Dr McGirr - Again a repeat of the promise made two months ago. Nothing new in this.
* The coalition according to Jillian Skinner last Wednesday is committing to commence work on the redevelopment in the next 12 months.
Dr McGirr - Daryl Maguire not less than 2 months ago said work would commence as soon as he was elected. Jillian Skinner has now converted that into 12 months The Labor Government were going to start in the beginning of March (that is now 11 days ago)
*Jillian Skinner last Wednesday said "She was confident the Federal Government would find $170 Million to complete the project.
Dr McGirr - There is no current binding agreement between the current labour Government or any kind of pre-amble agreement with a potential NSW coalition Government for completion of funding to satisfy the people of the electorate of Wagga. Furthermore we have now had announcements for Port Macquarie and Tamworth, but not for Wagga Wagga.
* In the event of the Federal Government not finding the balance of funds required to build the Hospital Jillian Skinner said "State funding could pay for additional stages but that funding would not be available until 2015.
Dr McGirr - The coalition should be aware that the people of the electorate of Wagga Wagga will not vote for this lack of a final commitment. Funding available in 2015 means no work on site until 12 months to two years after that - That could put the final stages of the hospital redevelopment of until 2017-2018.
Dr McGirr has put forward the following requirement and says "The people of the Electorate of Wagga Wagga will not settle for anything less"
A written commitment by open letter through the press to the people of the Electorate of Wagga Wagga from Jillian Skinner ( seven days before the 26th March election) that states “The complete rebuild -redevelopment of the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital will be fully completed by the end of the first term of a coalition government' Work will commence in mid 2011 and conclude mid 2015”
Dr McGirr says that anything short of this public statement with the exact wording as above will simply mean that an incoming coalition government still has not got the message as to how the people of this electorate feel about this issue.
Dr McGirr - Daryl Maguire not less than 2 months ago said work would commence as soon as he was elected. Jillian Skinner has now converted that into 12 months The Labor Government were going to start in the beginning of March (that is now 11 days ago)
*Jillian Skinner last Wednesday said "She was confident the Federal Government would find $170 Million to complete the project.
Dr McGirr - There is no current binding agreement between the current labour Government or any kind of pre-amble agreement with a potential NSW coalition Government for completion of funding to satisfy the people of the electorate of Wagga. Furthermore we have now had announcements for Port Macquarie and Tamworth, but not for Wagga Wagga.
* In the event of the Federal Government not finding the balance of funds required to build the Hospital Jillian Skinner said "State funding could pay for additional stages but that funding would not be available until 2015.
Dr McGirr - The coalition should be aware that the people of the electorate of Wagga Wagga will not vote for this lack of a final commitment. Funding available in 2015 means no work on site until 12 months to two years after that - That could put the final stages of the hospital redevelopment of until 2017-2018.
Dr McGirr has put forward the following requirement and says "The people of the Electorate of Wagga Wagga will not settle for anything less"
A written commitment by open letter through the press to the people of the Electorate of Wagga Wagga from Jillian Skinner ( seven days before the 26th March election) that states “The complete rebuild -redevelopment of the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital will be fully completed by the end of the first term of a coalition government' Work will commence in mid 2011 and conclude mid 2015”
Dr McGirr says that anything short of this public statement with the exact wording as above will simply mean that an incoming coalition government still has not got the message as to how the people of this electorate feel about this issue.
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