The Tasmanian Greens strongly support HACSU and Clinical Trials Unit workers who are holding a stop work rally at the Royal Hobart Hospital today.
The Clinical Trials Unit is a critical part of the Royal, and the entire state’s health system. It offers Tasmanians who are battling cancer opportunities to access cutting edge new treatments that would otherwise be unavailable to them. It plays a significant role in the development of innovative new approaches that will help save lives and improve outcomes in the future.
If you asked any everyday Tasmanian, they would make it clear that cancer research and treatment should be an absolute priority and never subject to cuts. But instead, the Liberals are planning to slash the workforce of the CTU by nearly 60%.
This is a heartless and shameful move. The Rockliff Government must abandon it’s plans for cuts and work with the union and staff on delivering a positive way forward for the CTU.
After 11 years of Liberal Government, it’s obvious to everyone that the budget is in a terrible position. But rather than dealing with this problem by making cuts to essential parts of our health system, we should be looking at other options – like making big corporations pay their fair share and scrapping their costly stadium.
