The Liberals and Nationals have denied Victorians the right to know about the crisis in their local hospital, blocking Labor’s legislation to release performance data.

Today, Victorian Labor attempted to introduce the Transparency in Government Bill 2014 which would have enforced the quarterly release of hospital performance data and ambulance and fire services response times.

The Napthine Government used its numbers on the floor of Parliament to prevent the Bill from even being debated, let alone passed. An Andrews Labor Government will reintroduce the Bill. 

Quotes attributable to Mr Pakula:

“Victorians deserve to know the truth about the hospitals, ambulances and fire services that they rely on every day.” 

“Labor’s Bill would have made it impossible for Governments to cover-up the state of our hospitals and ambulances, but Denis Napthine blocked it.”

“Denis Napthine had one final opportunity to be open and honest with Victorians about the crisis in our health system, and he failed the test.”

 Key Facts

• The Liberal and National Party members who have refused to debate and legislate this Bill are:
• Neil Angus – Member for Forest Hill
• Louise Asher – Member for Brighton
• Ted Baillieu – Member for Hawthorn
• Brad Battin – Member for Gembrook
• Donna Bauer – Member for Carrum
• Gary Blackwood – Member for Narracan
• Neale Burgess – Member for Hastings
• Robert Clark – Member for Box Hill
• Martin Dixon– Member for Nepean
• Christine Fyffe – Member for Evelyn
• Michael Gidley – Member for Mount Waverley
• David Hodgett – Member for Kilsyth
• Andrew Katos – Member for South Barwon
• Nicholas Kotsiras – Member for Bulleen
• Andrew McIntosh – Member for Kew
• Cindy McLeish – Member for Seymour
• Elizabeth Miller – Member for Bentleigh
• David Morris– Member for Mornington
• Terry Mulder – Member for Polwarth
• Denis Napthine – Member for South-West Coast
• Clem Newton-Brown – Member for Prahran
• Michael O’Brien – Member for Malvern
• Dee Ryall – Member for Mitcham
• Ken Smith – Member for Bass
• Ryan Smith – Member for Warrandyte
• David Southwick – Member for Caulfield
• Murray Thompson – Member for Sandringham
• Bill Tilley – Member for Benambra
• Heidi Victoria – Member for Bayswater
• Nick Wakeling – Member for Ferntree Gully
• Graham Watt – Member for Burwood
• Kim Wells – Member for Scoresby
• Mary Wooldridge – Member for Doncaster
• Lorraine Wreford Member for Mordialloc
• Tim Bull – Member for Gippsland East
• Peter Crisp – Member for Mildura
• Hugh Delahunty – Member for Lowan
• Tim McCurdy  – Member for Murray Valley
• Russell Northe  – Member for Morwell
• Jeanette Powell – Member for Shepparton
• Peter Ryan Member for Gippsland South
• Bill Sykes – Member for Benalla
• Peter Walsh – Member for Swan Hill
• Paul Weller – Member for Rodney

The Bill would have required Hospital SOPs to be released by 1 November in the year to which the agreement relates, and required that response time data for Ambulance Victoria (response times and cardiac arrest response times), the CFA and MFB be released quarterly.