WA agrees to national hospital plan

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2011
WA agrees to national hospital plan

Eds: Corrects keyword from Hospitals WA, another story on file.



The Western Australian government has agreed to sign up to a national hospital plan,
after 18 months wrangling over it with Canberra.

Premier COLIN BARNETT today announced that his cabinet has agreed to the National Health
Reform package and will sign it by tomorrow.

The premier says that when the reform package was first announced under former prime
minster KEVIN RUDD, the proposal was for the states to lose one third of their GST revenue.

But he says the reform's now being pursued on the basis of health care, not financial issues.

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KEYWORD: HEALTH WA (REISSUES)

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