Will FOWLES (Ringwood) (10:16): I rise to speak about the disappearance of the Maroondah Hospital redevelopment from this year’s state budget. It is gone. In 2018 the government promised a dedicated children’s emergency department at Maroondah Hospital. Then in 2022 – I know; I was there – it promised a billion-dollar ground-up redevelopment of the hospital, including renaming it the Queen Elizabeth II hospital. At the time construction was expected to begin in 2025 – that is last year – with more beds, a larger emergency department and upgraded health services for Melbourne’s outer-east. It is now 2026. There is no construction, no updated timeline, no progress onsite and not a single dollar identified in the budget just delivered for the project – not a single dollar. The government says the rebuild has not been abandoned and that planning is still well underway. But after years of announcements, after the election commitments, the community deserves answers. What planning has actually been completed? How much taxpayer money has been spent so far? If the project is in fact alive, and I do not think it is, why has it vanished from the budget? How can a $1 billion project not even get a single line item? This is not just about politics. It is about health care close to home not just for families right across my constituency but for the residents of Heathmont, Bayswater, Croydon, Monbulk, Box Hill and Glen Waverley. Maroondah Hospital services one of the fastest growing regions in Victoria, and patients and healthcare workers are under pressure. They deserve answers.