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October 15th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda ANGER over Tasmania’s health cuts fuelled a deepening political divide between Tasmanian Health Minister Michelle O’Byrne and her federal colleague Nicola Roxon last night.
Ms O’Byrne accused the federal Health Minister of making “inflammatory statements” which were unhelpful and unfair.
Ms O’Byrne was reacting to an earlier attack from Ms Roxon over cuts to the state’s health services.
“These cuts are short sighted,” Ms Roxon said on ABC Radio.
“We believe they will hit needy Tasmanians.
“They will increase pressure on emergency departments and they will weaken the long-term staffing of Tasmanian hospitals.”
Health unions rallied around the state this week over a controversial $60 million worth of health cuts which will result in job losses and hospital bed closures around Tasmania.
Ms Roxon said such cuts to services would only worsen Tasmania’s financial position.
“These cuts mean Tasmania has almost no chance of receiving reward funding which they signed up to try and achieve under health reforms,” she said.
Ms Roxon warned last week that Tasmania stands to lose $8.7 million in reward funding if it fails to meet elective surgery benchmarks.
“The Commonwealth will not pay money for targets that are not achieved but we will do all that we can to ensure that Tasmanians are not suffering further because of poor decisions by the State Government,” Ms Roxon said yesterday.
“We are prepared to pay our share but the Tasmanian Government must pay theirs. So today I am calling on the Tasmanian Government to reassess this decision and consider other ways of finding budget savings rather than this poor aspect of service delivery.”
Ms O’Byrne pleaded with the Commonwealth to work with the State Government.
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