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Victoria left without 24-hour pharmacies after state government cuts funding (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Since January 1, Victorians have no longer had access to any 24-hour pharmacies as cuts to government funding shrink the opening hours at local chemists.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

This one is going to be pure numbers.

How much has the government been paying to subsidise pharmacies so they stay open overnight?
How many people visit pharmacies between midnight and 7am?

Then, we ask the question: is No. 2 worth the cost of No 1?

The government thinks not.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

All the questions the reporters in this article should have asked but apparently didn't. Shit journalism IMHO.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

But katie waited hours after getting a scrip to try and fill it it on nye! She had to go to an alternate service! Won't someone think of katie???

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But where’s all the money going? 30% worse debt-to-GSP ratio than NSW, and nothing to show for it (besides highest-paid premier in the country).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm waaaaaaay out of date with Victorian politics. When I left Melbourne, Dan was still pretty new to the job. I have no idea what the budget is doing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The budget has been getting deeper into the red for years, while they continue to gut health services and fail to deliver on much-needed infrastructure (e.g. see all the transport improvements they’ve cancelled).