{"id":16217,"date":"2017-01-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/government-steps-in-to-help-pt-augusta-locals\/"},"modified":"2017-01-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T00:00:00","slug":"government-steps-in-to-help-pt-augusta-locals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/government-steps-in-to-help-pt-augusta-locals\/","title":{"rendered":"Government steps in to help Pt Augusta locals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The government will cover medical check up costs for any Port Augusta locals worried about the affects of the ash cloud plaguing the town.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIf people want to call (08) 8226 7100 they can arrange a consultation,\u201d Manufacturing Minister Kyam Maher told FIVEAA brekkie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr if they want to see their own GP and get in contact on that number, we\u2019ll make sure there are no out-of-pocket expenses for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/301592575&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But Mr Maher said the government would ultimately be asking Flinders Power to pay the medical bills for locals\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve asked Flinders Power to consider paying for health checks with GPs for any resident of Port Augusta concerned about the effects of the dust from the ash ponds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlinders Power are considering that, but we\u2019re not going to wait for their decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now the SA government will make sure that anybody who wants to see their GP &#8212; or alternatively see a public health physician &#8212; can do so while we continue our discussion with Flinders Power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our view Flinders Power have a whole lot of obligation in terms of remediation\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is their responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate that many people are concerned in Port Augusta, so we\u2019re not going to wait for those discussions\u2026 we\u2019ll pay for that for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/andrew-reimer\/steven-marshall-goes-off-after-listener-calls-to-do-away-with-politicians\"><strong>STEVEN MARSHALL *GOES OFF* AFTER LISTENER SUGGESTION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/report-friends-were-worried-about-james-hird-before-overdose\"><strong>REPORTS FRIENDS WERE WORRIED ABOUT JAMES HIRD PRIOR TO OVERDOSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government will cover medical check up costs for any Port Augusta locals worried about the affects of the ash cloud plaguing the town. \u201cIf people want to call (08) 8226 7100 they can arrange a consultation,\u201d Manufacturing Minister Kyam Maher told FIVEAA brekkie. \u201cOr if they want to see their own GP and get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-16217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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