West Gippsland Hospital
Wayne FARNHAM (Narracan) (17:20): (1207) My adjournment this evening is for the Minister for Health, and the action I seek is a firm date on when the West Gippsland Hospital will start. This will be the third time I have asked this question, and as I repeated last time I asked this question on 12 November last year, after my father died, my community wants to know when the West Gippsland Hospital will start. It is not good enough that the government has not got back to me. Now that the minister is at the table tonight, I might actually get a straight answer. My predecessor, who is in the chamber, fought for this hospital tooth and nail his whole time in Parliament. Now I have taken on that mantle, and we still cannot get one straight answer from the Minister for Health. It is not that hard. Will it start in this term of government? Will it start before 2030? Will it start this century? A date is what my community is after, and a date is the answer I expect tonight.