TRANSCRIPT – TELEVISION INTERVIEW – SKY NEWS AM AGENDA – MONDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2020

E&OE TRANSCRIPTTELEVISION INTERVIEWSKY NEWS AM AGENDAMONDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2020 SUBJECTS: Urban Congestion Fund; Climate Change.  ANNELISE NEILSEN: Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Catherine King, thank you for your time. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT:  Thanks for having me. NEILSEN: Now you’re speaking today about the Urban Infrastructure Fund,
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TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW – ABC NEWS WA – WEDNESDAY, 29 JANUARY 2020

E&OE TRANSCRIPT RADIO INTERVIEW ABC NEWS WA WEDNESDAY, 29 JANUARY 2020   SUBJECT: Drought Communities Program EMMA FIELD, JOURNALIST: Catherine we’re speaking today about the Drought Communities grants program, another round was announced yesterday. For the first time WA shires have been included, but there are a lot of drought-affected areas particularly in pastoral regions which have
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O’DOWD FAILS GLADSTONE ON HEALTH – AGAIN

Ken O’Dowd’s inability to secure a Medicare MRI licence for Gladstone is the latest in his long line of failures when it comes to health. Federal Shadow Health Minister Catherine King visited Gladstone today at the request of Labor Candidate for Flynn Zac Beers to discuss the region’s health care challenges and Labor’s commitments to
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LABOR TO DELIVER HELIPAD AT MACLEAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL

A Shorten Labor Government will provide faster access to care for critically ill people in the Clarence Valley by building a new helipad at Maclean District Hospital. Shadow Health Minister Catherine King and Labor Candidate for Page Patrick Deegan made the announcement today during a visit to the Hospital, where they met with the Clarence
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LABOR TO DELIVER MEDICARE-FUNDED MRI SCANS FOR SICK KIDS IN MELBOURNE

Sick children in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs will benefit from affordable access to life-saving medical scans under a Shorten Labor Government. Labor will deliver a new Medicare-subsidised MRI licence to Monash Children’s Hospital – ensuring sick kids can get access to the scans they need when they need them. Currently, families with children in this area
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LABOR TO SLASH ELECTIVE SURGERY BACKLOG

BILL SHORTEN MP LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION SHADOW MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS MEMBER FOR MARIBYRNONG CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT LABOR TO SLASH ELECTIVE SURGERY BACKLOG Tasmanians will get the essential surgery they need faster, with a Shorten Labor Government to invest
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LOCAL PATIENTS STILL LEFT IN LURCH TO ACCESS MEDICINAL CANNABIS

THE HON JULIE COLLINS MP ACTING SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE SHADOW MINISTER FOR AGEING AND MENTAL HEALTH MEMBER FOR FRANKLIN LOCAL PATIENTS STILL LEFT IN LURCH TO ACCESS MEDICINAL CANNABIS Reports today that local patients are still caught up in a bureaucratic mess to access medicinal cannabis show that Turnbull can’t paper over
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HEALTH DATA OF ONE IN TEN AUSTRALIANS EXPOSED

HEALTH DATA OF ONE IN TEN AUSTRALIANS EXPOSED Another shocking health data breach has occurred on Turnbull’s watch – with the revelation that one in ten Australians have had their medical records compromised by a publicly available Government dataset. Researchers from the University of Melbourne were able to link medical records with individual people –
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INACTION AND DELAYS ARE PUTTING NBN USERS OF NON-MONITORED MEDICAL ALARMS AT RISK

MICHELLE ROWLAND MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS MEMBER FOR GREENWAY CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT INACTION AND DELAYS ARE PUTTING NBN USERS OF NON-MONITORED MEDICAL ALARMS AT RISK In recent weeks Western Australia’s new fire chief is the latest to warn that phone services running off the NBN
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TURNBULL MRI FAILURE COULD BE EXPOSING CHILDREN TO HIGHER CANCER RISK

TURNBULL MRI FAILURE COULD BE EXPOSING CHILDREN TO HIGHER CANCER RISK A Senate Inquiry has heard evidence that a lack of access to MRI technology under Turnbull – especially in regional and rural communities – could be driving up rates of cancer in children. Witnesses from Children’s Healthcare Australasia told the inquiry that for about
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