Wednesday, 3 June 2026

 Jordan CRUGNALE (Bass) (19:16): (1682) Hello, Claire, watching from home, and happy birthday, Luke.

My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Health, and the action I seek is for the minister to visit my electorate of Bass to meet with and hear directly from our extraordinarily dedicated and deeply caring healthcare workers at Kooweerup health service, Phillip Island Community Hospital and Wonthaggi Hospital. We have a wonderful local story to tell with a number of initiatives and signature projects completed, underway, expanding and on the horizon, all translating to better health care close to home. Kooweerup health service, an ideal first visit, operate an outstanding early parenting unit supporting families with babies aged zero to 12 months through tailored programs and expert care. Recently they received funding to upgrade nurse call systems at the Killara and Westernport units, improving safety and responsiveness for patients and staff.

It is also time for the official opening of the Phillip Island Community Hospital, a significant milestone for our region. At Wonthaggi Hospital we are getting on with delivering stage 2A, and that is a new pharmacy, a medical imaging suite, pathology services and more. This year’s budget continues our strong commitment to accessible healthcare and wellbeing supports, including ongoing mental health services at Phillip Island health hub, free meningococcal B vaccinations for year 10 students in 2027, an urgent care clinic at Cranbourne Community Hospital, the opening of Pakenham in early 2027 and a new PET scanner at the redeveloped $1.1 billion Frankston Hospital. Since 2014 we have opened 11 new hospitals and employed over 40,000 extra nurses, midwives, doctors and healthcare workers, and I thank them for the amazing care they deliver every day. Thank you, Minister. I look forward to seeing you on your visit.

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: I remind members that acknowledging the gallery, which includes the broadcast, is disorderly.