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Education and health top priority

30 Nov, 2009 06:27 AM
HEALTH and education outrank the pulp mill as issues of concern for Bass voters, a poll has revealed.

In an Enterprise Marketing and Research Services poll commissioned by the Our Island Our Voices campaign, 1006 Tasmanian voters across all five electorates were asked what issues were most important to them in deciding who to vote for in the state election.

In Bass, 36.9per cent of voters and 41.2per cent of undecided voters rated education as their main concern, 32per cent of all voters and 31.1per cent of undecided voters nominated health and hospitals at number two.

The pulp mill came in as the third most important issue on Bass voters' minds, with 18.5per cent of voters and 13.6per cent of undecided voters indicating the development would influence their vote.

Statewide, 8per cent of all voters attested that the proposed mill was important to them.

Education and health were the top two issues, while 12per cent of all voters and 10per cent of undecided voters nominated the environment as a top priority.

Campaign spokesman and Tasmanian Council of Social Services chief executive Tom Muller said education and health were clearly the most important issues to voters in all five electorates and across all demographics.

"There are clearly votes to be won between now and March for the party that is prepared to make significant policy and funding commitments to improve the education outcomes, health and lifestyles of all Tasmanians," Mr Muller said.

Lyons Labor MHA David Llewellyn said the Labor Government had done a good job on health and education.

"They've always been the top of Labor's priorities - education, health, housing, police services - they are the fundamental issues that concern people in Tasmania and I think over the last years certainly the Labor party has been concentrating on those particular issues," he said.

Mr Llewellyn said voters would see Tasmania Tomorrow as positive reform which would better the education system.

"The Labor party is implementing policies that are going to achieve better outcomes," he said.

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"Mr Llewellyn said voters would see Tasmania Tomorrow as positive reform which would better the education system." Just which rock have you been hiding under Mr. Llewellyn - I haven't spoken to a single parent who views this debacle as anything but a poorly conceived and hopelessly implemented nightmare. This blinkered arrogance will the downfall of the Labor Party come March and sadly the Liberal Party is equally talentless!
Posted by Sally Sung, 30/11/2009 7:11:58 AM, on The Examiner
oh dear! this article forgot to mention that the information was obtained by emrs at forum style meetings where each participant was paid $70. Do the maths 1006 ppl x $70 each thats a total of $70 420 + gourmet sandwich and cake platters + coffee and tea +venue hire + emrs fees. Our government decided we need these statistics more than the homeless need a grant or the disabled need a new transport van or a million other things that come to mind.
Posted by hunbun, 30/11/2009 10:16:47 AM, on The Examiner
When the Liberals get in come March 2010 we can have our way with health, education and still get rid of the pulp mill. Because nobody will give up the fight to stop the mill..........nobody. And if you think about how Lara Giddings has stuffed up the Health portfolio with all the paid reports on everything from a new front door at the Royal Hobart to a new hospital on the waterfront. And as for David Barlett..........well I think he's confused and put his head in the sand instead of drawing a line in the sand. What a pitiful bunch of morons.
Posted by Caffelatte, 30/11/2009 11:10:35 AM, on The Examiner
Hunbun, you're comments are not correct. The polling was done by phone poll, not forums. It was also commissioned by TasCOSS - the peak body for charities and community organisations, clearly as an effective lobbying strategy to remind political parties that they need to spend more on health and education. The government had nothing to do with the polling.
Posted by Jack, 30/11/2009 11:31:38 AM, on The Examiner
oops perhaps i got the particular study wrong but there were emrs focus groups held statewide in the last few weeks where groups of 10 ppl were paid $70 each to express their opinion, thats $700 per forum + expenses the topics discussed were the same as in this article
Posted by hunbun, 30/11/2009 12:06:28 PM, on The Examiner
When they do their polling, I think it's unfair that they only take so many of a particular age group...If they polled fairly age would make no difference. I think they should spread their poll over areas and the people who live in a vicinity regardless of age, should be able to answer the questions.
Posted by concerned resident, 30/11/2009 4:02:06 PM, on The Examiner

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