Thursday, 19 March 2026

 Georgie PURCELL (Northern Victoria) (12:57): (2253) My constituency question is for the Minister for Health. More than 100 doctors at Albury Wodonga Health recently passed a vote of no confidence in the hospital’s executive leadership. I have spoken in this place before about the unacceptable situation surrounding staff wellbeing here. This recent vote came after the hospital’s head of emergency Dr David Clancy was suspended and escorted from the precinct in front of his colleagues. Dr Clancy is an executive member of Border Medical Association, a non-political advocacy group that has spoken out against the $558 million Albury hospital redevelopment. Reporting this month suggested Dr Clancy was suspended from his position in relation to a Safer Care Victoria review into the culture at Albury Wodonga Health, but that report is not finished and the outcome will not be public. Residents in border communities deserve better than this ongoing chaos. What action is the minister taking to urgently fix this unacceptable situation at Albury Wodonga Health?