Premier urged to release Hunter brain tumour info

The Opposition says the New South Wales Government has an obligation to release the information it has on health concerns in the Upper Hunter Valley.

The ABC's Four Corners program on Monday examined concerns that pollution from mines and power stations is leading to increasing levels of illness in the area.
Five residents in a single block in Singleton have been diagnosed with brain tumours.
Premier Kristina Keneally has now promised an investigation into the cancer cases and says she has spoken to health officials.
But the opposition's health spokeswoman, Jillian Skinner, says the Government must tell the public what it knows already.
"I know the Government can report on the incidence of asthma, other chronic illnesses and diseases that cause death - of course they can," she said.
"They've got that information now, its partly reported through the Clinical Excellence Commission. They could publish much more but they've been slow to actually do anything."
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant says health officials have made contact with the families involved in the reported cluster.
Doctor Chant says while she did not know about the cases before, the department has already started work in the area and an investigation is underway.
"We've been pulling together, undertaking a detailed review of routinely collected data sets to map out the health status of the population in the Hunter-New England region and analyse that by sub-region," she said.