The battle heats up as the director general (DG) causes more anger by misdirection. #qldpol #smoqld #keepourdoctors
Here is what one of the doctors wrote.
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The health of the Queensland public is at stake.
Ask any doctor, we would be happy to take a paycut if it meant continuity of delivering high quality care.
Has happened in Victoria before voluntarily. Not this massacre that is being masqueraded as fair and equitable.
Subject: Re: Rebuttal to the DG’s comments
I have submitted my resignation letters and joined the MR.
While I have been feeling somewhat anxious about the situation, I feel that I had no other choice. I feel a moral and ethical obligation to be part of this response given the despicable behaviour of the Mr Newman, Mr Springborg and Mr Maynard, particularly over the last week.
The DGs comments today were appalling and have completely destroyed any perception of him as a ‘nice guy’. He has been well and truly exposed. It is a shame I didn’t take note of the his address during the letter drop. Geoff.
Geoff # 2:
REBUTTAL TO THE DG’s Comments: These are actual remarks made by the DG to SMO’s today, followed by a rebuttal.
1. All lawyers can shoot holes through any contract, even the one you are on now.
Four independent legal opinions (Hall-Payne and lawyers for Together, AMA, ASOS) have all independently shot the same holes. Wow! What a coincidence. How many more legal opinions is it going to take for him to realize that the contract AND addendum AND legislation are fatally flawed.
2. Your award already allows me to do anything I want to you…
…because they changed the law to do this to us last December. The DG HAS NOT had this power for the last 15 years. Prior to December, when a conflict arose between a Health Service Directive and MOCA3, MOCA3 (our industrial instrument) prevailed. The law changed in December for this very purpose of tearing up MOCA3 and putting us on a one-sided contract.
3. That opinion is out of date because the contract has changed, or mentioning Chris Davis was bereaved and not able to grasp the complexities of the contract
The contract has not changed. That “A Ministerial Directive overrides a Health Employment Directive unless a Regulation provides otherwise” is NOT a change. Bringing Dr Davis’ state-of-mind into this debate is degrading and thoroughly insulting.
4. You are a tiny slice of the IR reform agenda – not worth the government changing the law for you
Only, they DID change the law, especially for us. In December, whole new Subsections were written into the IR Act pertaining to High Income Guarantee contracts. If they changed the law ESPECIALLY for us before, they can change it ESPECIALLY for us again.
5. I have to inform the public because Geoff keeps spreading misinformation via letterbox drops
Wow, this contract must be so amazingly good that Doctors (who are very busy people) have somehow felt the sudden urge to inform the public of our legitimate concerns. (I am not this “Geoff” by the way)
6. THE BIG PLAY – The doctors agreed the 6 changes addressed all the issues, but your reps scuppered to the deal by:
a) Not participating in the drafting of the addendum
We didn’t ask for a bandaid – we asked for a heart-lung transplant. We didn’t ask for an addendum – we asked for a change in the contract AND a change in the legislation. This contract is SO bad that we are engrossed in fixing the 6 or so KEY ISSUES, such that there have been few opportunities to address many of the other problems: IP rights, Indemnity, Private practice Provisions, 6 month notice period, the list goes on and on.
b) Only giving me 5 minutes at the Pineapple
They have had 2 months to return to the negotiation table, re-negotiated nothing at three meetings in March and then cooked up the addendum in a couple of days. On Day 4 of re-negotiations they have thrown the addendum at us 48 hours prior to the Big Pineapple and then bombarded us over this time with countless unsolicited emails and text messages. He comes to OUR meeting being told he’ll only get 5 minutes, speaks for 7 minutes AND answers a Question allowing him almost 10 minutes. Sheesh!! Talk about leaving your assignment until the last minute!
c) Not informing you poor deluded SMO/VMOs how great the offer is
I think by now, having tried to ram the contract and the addendum down your throats on more than one occasion, most SMO/VMO’s have worked out for themselves that it is IMPOSSIBLE TO SWALLOW!!!
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