Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Leura Aged Care

Jacinta ERMACORA (Western Victoria) (13:24): I am delighted to report that I attended the opening of an aged care facility in Camperdown with the Minister for Ageing Ingrid Stitt last week. She announced the name of that facility, which is Leura Aged Care. This project was $39 million from the Victorian Labor government. It was delivered under budget and it was delivered on time, but that is not even the most wonderful thing about this project. It was the community ownership and the community engagement for the whole project. The open day had thousands of people from Camperdown and district come and have a look. The suggested design inside – the minister and I got to have a look – was with not wards but streets and street numbers, doorways that look like external entrances and little displays at the front of each door that personalise them so they do not even look like ward structures; they look like home spaces, really. This is all because of excellent community engagement. I congratulate South West Healthcare Camperdown, and I congratulate the Camperdown community and everybody involved in the project.