Narracan electorate
Wayne FARNHAM (Narracan) (14:51): (671) My constituency question is to the Minister for Ambulance Services. When will the minister fund a new ambulance for the Drouin ambulance branch to ensure they have the equipment they need to protect our community? Drouin and Warragul are the two fastest growing communities in Australia. This station is currently staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but they have inadequate equipment to respond to the ever-increasing number of call-outs they are receiving. Drouin ambulance officers are responding to 34 per cent of all call-outs in the Baw Baw local government area. They have seen an 11 per cent growth in code 1 calls. Particularly difficult is the 12-hour period from 10 am to 10 pm every day. I urge the minister to hear the calls of the local officers and the community and respond as quickly as possible to this request.