Lowan electorate
Emma KEALY (Lowan) (14:54): (673) My constituency question is to the Minister for Mental Health. The information that I seek is: when will mental health locals be established in my electorate, particularly in the communities of Horsham and Hamilton? Just over a year ago, in fact a year yesterday, on 29 May 2023, the government released a media release titled ‘More local mental healthcare across Victoria’. Within this media release it makes it very, very clear that there will be another 12 services where planning work has commenced to establish mental health locals in Melbourne, Werribee, Truganina, Ballarat, Craigieburn, Sunbury, Ringwood, Horsham, Ararat and Warrnambool–Hamilton–Portland. I know of somebody at the moment who has a 12-year-old girl who is suicidal. The father cannot get support for her. He is sleeping on her floor every night so she does not hurt herself. I urge the government to immediately let my community know when this – (Time expired)