Bob Katter (Kennedy, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Would the minister not agree that the substantive action taken by Premier Beattie to address the collapse of the system is (1) to have a talkfest; (2) to increase by 20 the medical school places in Brisbane universities, universities servicing arguably the most doctor-overserviced area in Australia; and (3) to launch a multimillion dollar advertising campaign to blame the federal government? Finally, could the minister assure the House that he will refrain from the temptation of similarly playing politics and immediately address the request to increase the number of graduates at JCU—the only non-metropolitan university in Australia and geographically at the epicentre of the problem—a request involving an increase from 60 to the urgently needed level of 150 graduates per year?

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