Warracknabeal ambulance station
Emma KEALY (Lowan) (09:40): I would like to raise a matter for the Minister for Health. I recently met with Melanie Bentley and Nick Powell at the Warracknabeal ambulance station, and they gave me a look around. It was very concerning to see what environment our volunteer clinical support officers are working under – our paramedics and all of the supporters, the ambulance auxiliary – in that work environment of the Warracknabeal ambulance station. There are structural issues. There has been a mouse plague in there; mice have got into the sheets and other linen that they use in the ambulances. We have also had an issue where there is no women’s change room in there. With the shower you cannot open the door without squeezing through; it is harder for larger people to get in there. And you actually have to take the ambulances out into the rain on the driveway to refill their consumable supplies. While there was a plan circulated about five years ago in which the government committed to rebuild the Warracknabeal ambulance station, it has since gone silent. I therefore ask the minister to ensure that that funding that was promised is delivered to the Warracknabeal community.