Tuesday, 12 May 2026
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Ringwood electorate
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Ringwood electorate
Will FOWLES (Ringwood) (14:38): (1634) My constituency question is for the Premier. Why has the government scrapped the redevelopment of Maroondah Hospital? In 2018 the government promised a dedicated children’s emergency department at Maroondah. Then in 2022 the government promised a $1 billion ground-up redevelopment of the hospital, including renaming it the Queen Elizabeth II hospital. At the time, construction was expected to begin in 2025. It is now 2026. There has been no progress, no updated timeline, and the entire project was omitted from the 2026–27 budget papers. Any budget is a reflection of the government’s priorities. Let us be perfectly clear: Labor has scrapped the Maroondah Hospital rebuild. This is not a delay. It is a decision to walk away from a major election commitment made to the people of Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. Labor is strategically sacrificing its seats in the east, and parents, families and healthcare workers across Ringwood, Bayswater, Box Hill, Monbulk and Glen Waverley deserve to know why.