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Bureaucrats on notice: working groups to form

Mar 12, 2024 | Article, This Week's Issue

By Chris Oldfield
HEALTH bureaucracies that slashed rural nursing services for the sick and elderly have been put on notice by Member for MacKillop Nick McBride and Health Minister Chris Picton. This follows a high-level meeting at parliament house last week where Mr McBride “made it very clear” health services would not decline under his watch.
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