IT’S an insult to Victorians’ intelligence for Daniel Andrews to announce a new $62.4 million emergency department at Maroondah Hospital – the same one he promised before the election in November 2018.
Our health system is in crisis, surgery waitlists are approaching 100,000 people and Labor re-announces a promise from years ago.
Victorians are also waiting to see the sod turned for a new Melton hospital, a new Geelong Women’s and Children’s Hospital and 10 community hospitals.
And we will continue to wait, Daniel Andrews is more focused on keeping up appearances rather than solving the problems plaguing our healthcare system.
Problems caused by Labor’s abandonment of the Victorian healthcare system – not COVID.
The pandemic merely highlighted the serious problems in our health system that come after decades of neglect by Labor.
The Liberals and Nationals have made a number of funding commitments to fix Victoria’s health crisis, which includes new infrastructure for regional hospitals such as West Gippsland, Mildura, Wodonga, Shepparton, Mansfield and more to be announced.
By shelving the $35 billion Cheltenham to Box Hill train line, we will have funding to fix our crumbling health system, without putting Victoria further into its ever-growing debt under Labor.
Victorians need reassurance that when they’re sick, they will be able to access treatment.
Only a change in government this November can deliver that.
Peter Walsh
Member for Murray Plains
Leader of The Nationals
