Healthcare workers
Ms RICHARDS (Cranbourne) (10:05): I am delighted to take the opportunity to thank two really important groups of people who serve our community. I would like to start by acknowledging our healthcare workers. Monash Health is one of the main healthcare services that provides particularly important work for the Cranbourne community, so I would like to take the opportunity to especially acknowledge our nurses, doctors, healthcare workers and so many who are involved in the care of our community who are experiencing mental ill health. I am conscious that they are very well served by the unions, and I know that both the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and the Health and Community Services Union, and others, are making sure that that work is acknowledged and that that group of people is absolutely cared for by their associations and the unions.