{"id":55980,"date":"2021-10-10T11:26:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T00:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=55980"},"modified":"2021-10-10T11:58:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T00:58:56","slug":"annastacia-palaszczuk-responds-to-extortion-accusation-qldaah-qldpol-auspol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/annastacia-palaszczuk-responds-to-extortion-accusation-qldaah-qldpol-auspol\/","title":{"rendered":"Annastacia Palaszczuk Responds to ‘Extortion’ Accusation – @qldaah #qldpol #auspol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On Sunday ABC Insiders<\/a>, Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s<\/a> accusation was re-aired that the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk<\/a> was engaging in holding the federal government to ‘ransom’, ‘extortion’ and ‘shakedown politics’ by asking the Commonwealth for more support for the national hospital system as the country neared its covid-19 vaccination targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Crowe<\/a> supported the government in their increased hospital contribution from 2013 which he says has risen by 70%. Singling out Queensland, he pointed to a budget surplus of $150 million in 2025 and agreed with the PM that the state government should issue bonds (debt) to fund their hospital system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Commonwealth had stepped up the funding for hospitals, Katharine Murphy<\/a> agreed that the states were correct and that the opening up of the country will increase the costs of running hospitals from the pandemic. The conversation then drifted off into tax cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scott Morrison accused state premiers this week of "shakedown politics" in asking for more hospital funding – but who is right in this stoush?

The panel discuss who will come out to better support the health system in the standoff #Insiders<\/a> #auspol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ejjHzyxTIS<\/a><\/p>— Insiders ABC (@InsidersABC) October 9, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>