Benambra electorate
Mr TILLEY (Benambra) (11:43): (1835) My constituency question is to the Minister for Health in the other place. I ask the minister when she will sign the intergovernmental agreement 2018–2035 to provide certainty to Albury Wodonga Health to allow this unique cross-border health service to care for people on both sides of the Murray River. The minister was in Albury just last week when a funding announcement was derailed by media questions over the future of this alliance with the New South Wales government. This agreement is already two years out of date, and my community is understandably worried. The minister said the agreement would be signed soon, but my constituents have heard that all before. They know the sticking point relates to the funding of capital works on the northern side of the Murray River. But this, as the minister knows, is a Victorian hospital run by the Victorian department that just happens to sit in Albury. My constituents demand certainty. They want a date when you will sign the document or for you to simply approve the agreement and allow this incredible health service to plan for its future.