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16 THE WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday 13 December, 2017 Battle For Bennelong By-Election Saturday December 16,2017 Labor candidate Kristina Keneally protests against the Federal Government’s TAFE funding during a visit to Meadowbank this week. She is pictured with TAFE organiser Rob Long and Senator Doug Cameron. TWT on-the-spot PHOTO. Labor candidate for Bennelong Kristina Keneally alleged that privately insured patients are jumping the queue for treatment. TWT on-the-spot PHOTO Keneally claims healthcare rort PRIVATE healthcare patients in Bennelong are jumping the queue ahead of Medicare patients, Bennelong’s Labor candidate Kristina Keneally said last week. Ms Keneally said more than 4,000 people in Bennelong are suffering long waits in a system that favours those who can afford to pay privately. The Labor candidate based her comments on the latest Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s “Private Health Insurance Use in Australian Hospitals” which revealed that public patients wait on average four times longer than people using private health insurance to have elective surgery. “Today we find out that people who can afford private health insurance are skipping the queue and public patients are forced to wait up to four times longer for surgery,” Ms Keneally alleged. “Here in Bennelong there are 4,000 people waiting in pain for important elective surgeries.” Ms Keneally promoted Labor’s policy of equal opportunity for all patients, regardless of their insurance. Keneally says “China-phobia” may backfire on PM Turnbull Labor’s star candidate in the Bennelong by-election, Kristina Keneally, says the electorate’s Asian communities are alarmed at anti-China rhetoric led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. “Malcolm Turnbull is harming his candidate here in Bennelong. The Liberals are harming their own candidate and their own chances as they continue to spread this China-phobia,” she said. Triggered by the controversy surrounding Labor Senator Sam Dastyari’s links with Chinese businessmen, Mr Turnbull ramped up criticism of Beijing’s interference in domestic politics on the weekend. It follows the federal government’s announcement of wide-ranging reforms to espionage and foreign interference legislation, with Attorney- General George Brandis describing meddling as an “extremely serious problem”. “Modern China was founded in 1949 with these words -- ‘the Chinese people have stood up’,” Turnbull told reporters,” attempting to speak in both English and Mandarin. “It was an assertion of sovereignty, it was an assertion of pride. And we stand up, and so we said, ‘the Australian people stand up’. The PM’s latest comments. made during a visit to Top Ryde shopping centre while campaigning with Liberal candidate for Bennelong, John Alexander, had unsettled locals from the Chinese and Korean communities, Ms Keneally said. “They are really alarmed by the prime minister’s rhetoric. They see it as China-phobia,” she said. ”They see it as scaremongering. They see the suggestion from the prime minister that people from Chinese or Asian backgrounds are somehow suspicious and they don’t like it.” Foreign Minister Julie Bishop would not be drawn on the impact of perceived anti-China commentary from the government. “By-elections are always difficult, particularly for an incumbent government, but there will be a range of issues that affect the outcome in Bennelong,” Ms Bishop said. “John Alexander is a very popular local member, he is working very hard, and he is a very strong advocate for the people of Bennelong. “I’m hoping that we’ll get a very strong result in Bennelong, but of course there are a whole range of issues that affect by-elections.” Labor frontbencher Matt Thistlethwaite said he was hopeful that Ms Keneally could win Bennelong and had visited the electorate twice to campaign with Ms Keneally. “Her energy, her enthusiasm for that particular seat I think is overwhelming and I think she’s going to do a great job, and I’m hopeful that she’ll get over the line. Mr Thistlethwaite claimed Mr Alexander “didn’t look like his heart was in it”. “He looked like he was simply going through the motions,” he said. “We were on the prepoll one day. He lasted about 20 minutes and he took off. From the time he was there, you can tell on a person’s face, John Alexander didn’t look like his heart was in it, and I think that that’s starting to come through.” On Tuesday, Mr Dastyari announced his resignation, saying he would not be returning to the Senate in 2018. COMPARE THE PAIR HIGHER ELECTRICITY PRICES DODGY NBN OVERDEVELOPMENT MEDICARE CUTS SCHOOL CUTS LIVES IN BONDI OR LOWER ELECTRICITY BILLS FASTER NBN STOP OVERDEVELOPMENT PROTECT MEDICARE FUND SCHOOLS LIVES LOCALLY TURNBULL CHAOS FIGHTING FOR YOU Authorised by Kaila Murnain, Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch), 9/377 Sussex Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Wednesday 13 December, 2017 THE WEEKLY TIMES 17 A MESSAGE FROM THE TEACHERS IN BENNELONG $11 MILLION IS BEING CUT FROM OUR SCHOOLS UNDER THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT PLEASE SUPPORT OUR KIDS WHEN YOU VOTE FIND OUT HOW MUCH IS BEING CUT FROM YOUR SCHOOL SCHOOL CUTS SCHOOL CUTS Arndell SSP -$28,633 Carlingford High School -$752,904 Carlingford Public School -$389,414 Denistone East Public School -$599,576 Eastwood Heights Public School -$330,995 Eastwood Public School -$582,639 Epping Boys High School -$698,544 Epping Heights Public School -$314,204 Epping North Public School -$248,095 Epping Public School -$344,784 Epping West Public School -$934,489 Ermington Public School -$324,949 Ermington West Public School -$145,978 Gladesville Public School -$320,476 Karonga School -$96,085 Kent Road Public School -$488,397 Marsden High School -$686,819 Meadowbank Public School -$192,064 Melrose Park Public School -$125,631 North Ryde Public School -$231,024 Putney Public School -$284,728 Roselea Public School -$257,167 Rydalmere East Public School -$176,555 Ryde East Public School -$309,307 Ryde Public School -$467,310 Ryde Secondary College -$669,894 Truscott Street Public School -$223,174 West Ryde Public School -$490,353 Source: NSW Department of Education and Commonwealth Department of Education school calculator. Authorised by Jessie Wotton, Secretary of Ryde Macquarie Teachers Association. 17479
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