Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (12:48): (2322) My constituency question is to the Minister for Health Infrastructure. How do my Eastern Victoria residents know this government has abandoned them? Because they have put out a press release, the government have put out an election commitment or the government are moving their lips. At the last election in 2022 this government committed $290 million to deliver stages 2 and 3 of the Wonthaggi Hospital, with construction ‘to begin shortly’. Four years later there is not a single brick, and demand in this area is rising. Residents report to me that the pathology patients are forced to line up in hallways while waiting in this ageing hospital building for appointments – let alone the West Gippsland Hospital debacle. It is a disgrace. Can the minister provide a clear and credible timeline for when Wonthaggi stages 2 and 3 will be up and finished, and the mystifying loss of the West Gippsland Hospital – when is it going to be even started under this government?