Wednesday, 13 May 2026


Members statements

Maroondah Hospital


Nicole WERNER

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Maroondah Hospital

 Nicole WERNER (Warrandyte) (09:51): A PSA to everyone in the east of Melbourne: the Labor government have abandoned the Maroondah Hospital rebuild, which they promised not once but twice. In 2018 the government promised to build an emergency department for children. In 2022 they promised $1 billion to rebuild and refurbish Maroondah Hospital from the ground up. They promised a new emergency department, new operating theatres, more than 200 extra beds, expanded imaging, specialist care spaces and thousands of construction jobs. In fact it was Labor’s own candidate for Warrandyte who told our local paper, the Warrandyte Diary, that this investment was crucial. The government promised to commence construction in 2025, and then the hospital would open in 2029. After promising it at two elections, what do we have to show for it? Nothing. The Allan Labor government has axed this hospital rebuild. There is zero money for construction in the budget and not one shovel in the ground. People in Warrandyte and the eastern suburbs were sold a pipedream of deception, because Labor will do and say anything to win an election, hoping Victorians will forget and move on, but Victorians will not forget that they have been deceived. Labor promised regional Victorians stadiums, sports fields and thousands of houses for a fake Commonwealth Games, which was a scam. They were promised Melton rail electrification, which has been delayed and delayed, as well as housing. Labor promised 800,000 new homes, yet every year since then they have missed their targets. Victorians deserve – (Time expired)