FED: Iemma puts health and skills at top of COAG wish list

AAP General News (Australia)
12-12-2007
FED: Iemma puts health and skills at top of COAG wish list

SYDNEY, Dec 12 AAP - NSW Premier Morris Iemma wants health reform to top the agenda
at next week's Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting.

Mr Iemma singled out health as the focus, but said the skills shortage also should
be a priority when federal and state leaders meet in Melbourne on December 20.

"A national health system and reversing the 11 years of commonwealth cuts in health
funding and getting started on Mr (Prime Minister Kevin) Rudd's commitment of a national
health reform commission in those first 100 days.

"That's the number one priority, that's the top order issue," Mr Iemma told reporters.

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