Rebecca White has today “pledged to save” the St Marys Community Health Centre that is not, and never has been, at risk, in what is a new low for the supposed leader of the opposition.
Ms White is causing careless, fear and uncertainty for the elderly, the young and vulnerable who rely on this vital service, and using them as political play things.
Labor are renowned for telling false stories about health funding and patient experiences in a bid for a cheap headline.
Ms White made the same ridiculous claim in 2014, and was proven false.
Just like the time she also tried to score cheap political points by claiming a patient had been "strapped to a spine board" for seven hours, which she later had to retract because it was wrong.
Or the time Labor's Ms Dow said there was a "disturbingly high number of deaths on arrival at our hospitals compared with other states" - which was also untrue.
Or the time Labor’s Ms Finlay accused LGH staff of reusing bandages and then went underground when challenged for further details to investigate – also untrue.
And now they are spreading unnecessary fear in regional communities by ‘pledging to save’ local health centres.
Unlike Labor, we don’t downgrade rural hospitals, close hospital wards, or sack nursing staff - we invest in them.
The only hospitals and wards that have been closed in living memory are by the Labor Party.
Under our Government, all district hospitals and community health centres are already safe and will remain open.
This latest stunt is just another attempt at distracting from having to answer the real questions everyone is asking of them: what is their plan and how exactly will they pay for it without sacking staff or raising taxes?
Tasmanians know they can't believe anything Labor says when it comes to health, or anything else, and they deserve more than Labor's constant rumour-mongering and fake news.