Tuesday, 16 June 2026

 Wayne FARNHAM (Narracan) (19:20): (1707) My adjournment this evening is to the Premier, and the action I seek is that the Premier visit the electorate of Narracan to view firsthand the concern my community has for missing infrastructure investment, which has been neglected by the Victorian Labor government for more than a decade. I make this request because for the last three and a bit years that I have been in this place, I have continually brought up issues with ministers. Sometimes you just need to go to the boss. Because I do not know if the ministers do or do not convey the message accurately or give an accurate assessment of what is going on in my electorate, I would like the Premier herself to visit my electorate, and I am more than happy to escort her around the electorate.

The first people I would like her to speak to are the doctors, nurses and all the staff at the West Gippsland Hospital. Rather than hearing it from me in this chamber, hear it from the people that directly work there and hear how their work lives are affected working in a hospital that is not fit for purpose anymore. Listen to the stories about the patients getting treated in corridors. That is what I want the Premier to listen to. The Premier – I am sick of trying to deal with ministers that do not listen. It is not only that – it is the road network, it is the CFA stations, it is my electorate across the board and investment in schools. These are all issues I have brought up in this chamber, and not one of these issues has been addressed in the three and a half years I have been in this chamber.

I just heard the member for Mordialloc get up before and spruik about hospital investment. We are investing in health and all this other regurgitation, which is literally a press release that he regurgitates in this chamber. Not once did he mention West Gippsland Hospital and the failure on that investment. You would not even want to go there. You have probably never been there, and that is why I want the Premier to go there to see for herself, to see about every issue I have brought up in this chamber where a minister will not address it properly. Bring the Premier down – I want the Premier to come down to see for herself. If what this government says is true – that they govern for all Victorians – I think when the Premier looks at the state of my electorate, she will be ashamed that her ministers have failed in their duty of care to the people of Narracan.