Dr Duncan McFetridge MP

I was proud and honoured to be elected as the Member for Morphett in March 2002 and re-elected in March 2006 and March 2010. The people of Morphett are extremely important to me, so don't be afraid to get in touch, no matter how trivial you think your problem may be. If it's important to you then it's important to me.

I currently hold the shadow portfolios of Health; Mental Health and Substance Abuse; and Veterans Affairs.

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Supporting our Veterans & Ex-Service Personnel
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 05:35

The State Liberal Party has today called on Premier Rann and Prime Minister Gillard to support the Coalition’s policy to introduce improved superannuation pension indexation arrangements for Veterans and Ex-Service Personnel.

Ex-Serviceman and Shadow Minister for Defence Industries, Martin Hamilton-Smith, introduced a motion to Parliament calling on the Rann and Gillard Labor Governments to support the Coalition’s policy.

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Exercise for Good Mental Health
Thursday, 15 July 2010 05:19

Exercise Your Mood Week, is being held across Australia from 11 to 19 September 2010 to underline the importance of exercise for maintaining good mental health.

Those participating will help to raise funds to support the work of the Black Dog Institute which is a not-for-profit, educational, research, clinical and community-orientated facility offering specialist expertise in depression and bipolar disorder.

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Hill set for fight with SA nurses
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 05:34


The Rann Labor Government is set for an ugly and protracted confrontation with South Australia’s overworked and under resourced nurses.

Today marks the deadline set by SA nurses for a response from the Rann Government to  calls for a nine per cent pay rise over three years but, to date there has been no response from the government.

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Health Minister has an IT upgrade
Wednesday, 14 July 2010 01:02

The Liberal Opposition today accused Health Minister John Hill of ignoring the urgent need for information technology upgrade of our public health system for the past 18 months putting patient lives at risk.

“While Health minister John Hill plays with his I-Pad he should download the report from the Chief Information Officer given to senior health bureaucrats some EIGHTEEN MONTHS ago warning of the need to spend a BILLION DOLLARS on upgrades for ICT in our Hospitals,” said Dr McFetridge, Shadow Minister for Health.

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