Bob Carr (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I can. Our approach with the assistance is confirmed by that recent endorsement by the Premier of Queensland and the health minister of Queensland, Mr Campbell Newman and Mr Lawrence Springborg, respectively, who in a joint statement on 15 May said:

By providing the best treatment in the home communities, the outcomes will improve—

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it’s important to build on the effective TB treatment regime that is already established at Daru.

That is their endorsement of an approach that has seen the refurbishment of an interim TB isolation ward, the construction of a new TB isolation ward, to be opened next month, the provision of specialist TB staff, the training of 46 workers and volunteers—this is effective Australian work helping our friends in PNG—the funding for laboratory diagnosis and drug sensitivity testing in Queensland, options in funding to redevelop Daru Hospital, rehabilitation of the health centre— (Time expired)