How to vote for ACT Labor If you vote for any other minor party or independents before you vote for ACT Labor you risk a Liberal Government cutting local jobs and services. C ACT Labor Labor Ginninderra 1 CANDIDATE Labor 2 CANDIDATE Labor 3 CANDIDATE Labor 4 CANDIDATE Labor 5 CANDIDATE Glen McCrea Mary Porter AM MLA Jayson Hinder Yvette Berry Chris Bourke MLA Go to Column C on your ballot paper and number all 5 squares in your order of preference. F ACT Labor Labor Molonglo 1 CANDIDATE Labor 2 CANDIDATE Labor 3 CANDIDATE Labor 4 CANDIDATE Labor 5 CANDIDATE Labor 6 CANDIDATE David Mathews Mark Kulasingham Angie Drake Meegan Fitzharris Labor Andrew Barr MLA Simon Corbell MLA 7 Katy Gallagher MLA CANDIDATE Go to Column F on your ballot paper and number all 7 squares in your order of preference. C ACT Labor Labor Brindabella 1 CANDIDATE Labor 2 CANDIDATE Labor 3 CANDIDATE Labor 4 CANDIDATE Labor 5 CANDIDATE Karl Maftoum Mike Kinniburgh Mick Gentleman Rebecca Cody Joy Burch MLA Go to Column C on your ballot paper and number all 5 squares in your order of preference. On October 20th put local jobs first VOTE ACT LABOR More hospital beds, more nurses and better facilities Katy Gallagher and ACT Labor are providing services Right now we’re investing over $1 billion to build better closer to where people live so that you have better access hospitals and more health services in Canberra’s north to health care where and when you need it and building and south to make our health system even stronger. new hospitals like the Canberra Centenary Hospital for More hospital beds Women and Children. • Under ACT Labor the number of public hospital Only ACT Labor will deliver: beds has grown from 670 beds to 934 beds (in • The new University of Canberra Public Hospital 2011-12) with a further 40 beds planned for 2012-13 • Two new nurse-led Walk-in Centres in Tuggeranong • The Liberals ripped 114 beds out of our local and Belconnen system, ACT Labor added more than 260 beds • A new Birth Centre for women in Canberra’s north • A mobile dental clinic to provide dental care for the aged, special schools and young parents ACT Public Hospitals Bed Capacity by Year 926 934 907 ACT Liberals lost ACT Labor starts 875 Government 2001 providing more beds 851 780 784 785 768 710 714 684 682 683 675 670 679 1995-96 1996-97 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 1997-98 2010-11* 2011-12* Figures provide 2010-11/2011-12* estimated impact of Government investment in additional capacity Source: Australian Hospital Statistics, AIHW, 1995-96 to 2009-10 publications 2010-11 & 2011-12 More nurses, doctors and health professionals The Canberra health system is one of the best in the world Since 2001 the ACT public hospital workforce has increased by 58%, growing from 2,873 public hospital • Canberra is one of the healthiest communities staff to 4,534 staff in 2011. in Australia and the world. We have the highest average life expectancy at birth in Australia for both • The number of salaried medical staff has grown from males and females (80.5 and 84.7 years respectively) 290 in 2001 to 671 in 2011, a 131% increase • 100% of category one (most urgent) patients are • The number of nursing staff increased from 1,271 in seen on arrival at Emergency Departments. If you 2001 to 2,140 in 2011, a 68% increase are critically ill, you will be seen immediately • Patient satisfaction data from the Report on Government Services 2012 shows the proportion Learn more about Chief of people who went to an Emergency Department Minister Katy Gallagher’s in the last 12 months reporting “the doctors or specialist always or often listened carefully to ACT Labor team at them”– ACT was the best in the country at 89.6%. www.katygallagher.net Well above the national average of 83.7%. [email protected] Katy Gallagher’s team www.katygallagher.net @KatyGMLA Making Canberra Even Stronger Authorised by Elias Hallaj, for ACT Labor, 222 City Walk Canberra.