Thursday, 20 November 2025

 Tom McINTOSH (Eastern Victoria) (12:49): My question is for the Minister for Health. Minister, how is the Allan Labor government investing in our health system to ensure the best care for residents in Eastern Victoria? This government is focused on what matters most, easing cost-of-living pressures by investing in our health systems and backing our doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics and all other frontline health workers so Victorians can get the best care they need when and where they need it. The Allan Labor government is making care cheaper and more accessible through our urgent care clinics; investing to make the community pharmacy program permanent and even bigger; delivering better, faster care in emergency to support our paramedics; helping emergency departments see patients sooner by increasing the capacity of short-stay units; and tripling the capacity of Victoria’s virtual emergency department.