Tuesday, 9 December 2025

 Pauline RICHARDS (Cranbourne) (17:13): (1484) My adjournment is to the Minister for Public and Active Transport, and the action I seek is that the minister visits Cranbourne to meet with the healthcare workforce. The conversation, I am sure, is going to centre around the impact that Metro Tunnel has on our health workforce. Anyone who has spoken to me for more than about 5 minutes will know that I have the highest number of nurses in Cranbourne than any other part of the state. I recently doorknocked and came across five nurses in 1 hour. I know that our nursing workforce love their jobs and love the work that they do, but they need to be able to get to work easily. Melbourne Metro Tunnel is a game changer for our health workforce. It does not matter whether you are employed in a nursing role or an ancillary role or if you are an allied health practitioner, a clinician or an administrator, the Melbourne Metro Tunnel is going to make getting to work much easier.

I would like to say how grateful I am, as always, to the nursing workforce, particularly the nurses who live in Cranbourne, conscious that they will be able to get on at Cranbourne and get off at the Royal Women’s, at the Royal Children’s and at the Royal Melbourne, VCCC and Peter Mac. I look very much forward to the minister’s response.