Thursday, March 1, 2012

Fed: Patterson accuses states of hijacking her

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Fed: Patterson accuses states of hijacking her

CANBERRA, Feb 21 AAP - Federal Health Minister Kay Patterson today accused Labor stateand territory health ministers of hijacking her over a planned meeting in Melbourne today.

The meeting was called to discuss a new Australian Health Care Agreement, which coversfederal funding for the public hospital system.

But Senator Patterson has refused to attend the meeting after receiving a letter fromher state and territory counterparts which she said read like a log of funding demands.

She said the letter revealed nothing about what the states and territories were preparedto …

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