Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (14:35): (1631) My question is for the Minister for Health. This budget delivers a massive boost to postnatal and maternity health services right across Melbourne’s western suburbs, with $240 million invested in this budget. As the minister may know, well and truly over 100 babies are born in my community, just in Wyndham, every single week. This funding will ensure that our hospitals in Melbourne’s west have the capacity to meet the demand for postnatal care right across our suburbs. It includes a new, refurbished maternity ward at Sunshine Hospital. There are nine new special care nursery cots and 1500 extra sonography appointments each and every single year at the Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital. We know this is in stark contrast to those opposite, who cut $1 billion from health when they were last in government and will likely rip out more as part of their $40 billion in promised cuts. My question for the minister is: how much will this much-needed funding boost and improve postnatal services for my electorate of Laverton?