After the continuing lies, false promises and the insulation fiasco - who could trust this clown and his government to get this right ? KRudd....going...going...GONE !!!!

Even if the Federal Government pours billions more into the hospital system, somehow I can't see things changing at Canberra Hospital.

This is great way to tick off an election promise. Make a promise. Explain later that you didn't realise what you were promising. Say that you'll deal with it in Nov 2010. Say it's too complicated. Let the dates slide. Place it all back in the hands of the states to disagree and then hold a referendum that is likely to fail. Then propose a national version of the "Gallagher-Calvary" scheme. I think we need to recall the nation's 1000 finest minds to solve the problem.

I just have no faith in their ability to deliver.

I think the management of the hospitals by the Local Hospital Networks is a brilliant idea, however i do believe there are problems with the system that has been announced. I am concerned about the implications occuring as a result of funding coming on a per operation basis. Firstly, it is hard for the smaller hospitals in the country towns that do not do many operations yet need to be open for the benefit of people whether there is a lot of people there or not, merely becasue they are so far away from anything else. Secondly, although it will decrease the waiting times (because hopsitals will have more of an incentive to get patients through) I am concerned about the quality of operations that are being done and that it may turn into a sales speil getting someone to have an operation rather than one based on pure health facts. I am an adovate of health reform, but I do think this needs to be done correctly and the system that has been released appears to me as a rushed process trying to get the headway that is needed in an election year.

And now they are going to give us MYHOSPITAL web sites for rating which hospital we want to be taken too. Kev you really are a FLIP mate. Maybe you should put Mr Garrotte into the job of setting this one up too cos its got the potential to be an FIASCO only this time on a much bigger scale. You haven't implimented one bloody thing thats worked yet... so maybe you should keep your grubby little fingers out of health. Maybe you could try something less complex for your government.... hmmmm sorry but I can't think of 1 SIMPLE thing for you to try... oh well best you call an election Kev so the folks of Aust can express our gratitude to you and Labor for all the broken promises and waste of our money on friggin consultants to tell you the bleedin obvious.

There's a reason why the hospital boards were axed years ago. Why go back to a model that hasn't worked before?

Wishful thinking bob - who in their right mind would vote for the mad monk Abbott. At least Labour is trying to fix the mess the Liberals made of the health system.

As if, just another level of bureaucracy. Anything to distract the electorate from the rest of the fiascos these guys are running. Big on announcements, little on delivery.