Reynolds argues against ambulance privatisation
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The Speaker of State Parliament is opposing his own Government's decision to give consideration to privatising parts of the Queensland Ambulance Service.
A 2007 audit recommended the Government privatise the patient transfer component of the ambulance service and State Cabinet has endorsed the report.
Townsville MP Mike Reynolds says it would be a mistake.
"As a former minister and someone who has worked very closely with the ambos over a long period of time, I think it would be to the detriment of the Queensland Ambulance Service to privatise that component of it," he said.
