Roger Cook – then holding the State Health portfolio – announced the groundbreaking of a new, “state-of-the-art” hospital for Tom Price in parliament three years ago.

The Shire of Ashburton say they have heard “nothing” from the now-Premier or Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson since.

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Shire of Ashburton President Audra Smith told Gary Adshead on 6PR Mornings they feel fully representative of their community in their campaign to demand action from the State Government.

“I have reached out to the Minister’s office, and I have asked for a meeting, and I have yet to get one,” Ms Smith said.