Tuesday, 17 February 2026

 Aiv PUGLIELLI (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (14:11): My question today is to the Minister for Health. A few years ago the local community in and around Ringwood heard of this Labor government’s plans to change the Woi-wurrung name of Maroondah Hospital to Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, with this name change being widely condemned by First Nations people, including no less than the First Peoples’ Assembly, as well as many, many others from across the community. Things seem to have gone a bit quiet now and I have not seen mention of this new name for quite some time – years in fact. Minister, do you still intend to remove the First Nations name from Maroondah Hospital and replace it with that of a deceased British monarch?