Thursday, 2 April 2026

 Georgie CROZIER (Southern Metropolitan) (12:51): (2297) My question is for the Minister for Health Infrastructure regarding the new Bentleigh East ambulance station. The member for Bentleigh promised this station as an election commitment in 2018, eight years ago. My constituents have expressed frustration with the delay in opening this facility. They have not seen it opened, and it is sitting there idle. One constituent wrote:

The new ambulance station is surrounded by cyclone fencing, and the grass is growing well.

He is frustrated that this important community asset is still sitting idle. In February 2025 the minister said in response to the member for Bentleigh’s own constituency question that the station would be operating by the end of 2025. In June last year the member for Bentleigh posted on social media alongside the Premier on the site, saying the station would open in just a few months. These are more broken promises made by the member. I think the community has every right to ask the minister: why has the community been continually misled and let down on the opening of this ambulance station?