Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Constituency questions
Benambra electorate
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Table of contents
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Bills
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Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Bill 2024
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Second reading
- Michael O’BRIEN
- Nina TAYLOR
- Tim McCURDY
- Katie HALL
- Cindy McLEISH
- Josh BULL
- Emma KEALY
- Gary MAAS
- Brad ROWSWELL
- Kathleen MATTHEWS-WARD
- Jess WILSON
- John MULLAHY
- Jade BENHAM
- Michaela SETTLE
- Wayne FARNHAM
- Juliana ADDISON
- Martin CAMERON
- Iwan WALTERS
- Annabelle CLEELAND
- Sarah CONNOLLY
- Steve McGHIE
- Anthony CIANFLONE
- Pauline RICHARDS
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Bills
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Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Bill 2024
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Second reading
- Michael O’BRIEN
- Nina TAYLOR
- Tim McCURDY
- Katie HALL
- Cindy McLEISH
- Josh BULL
- Emma KEALY
- Gary MAAS
- Brad ROWSWELL
- Kathleen MATTHEWS-WARD
- Jess WILSON
- John MULLAHY
- Jade BENHAM
- Michaela SETTLE
- Wayne FARNHAM
- Juliana ADDISON
- Martin CAMERON
- Iwan WALTERS
- Annabelle CLEELAND
- Sarah CONNOLLY
- Steve McGHIE
- Anthony CIANFLONE
- Pauline RICHARDS
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Benambra electorate
Bill TILLEY (Benambra) (14:57): (748) My constituency question is to the Minister for Health. The information I seek is why a 20-bed ward contract with Mercy Health Albury that could reduce the bed blockage at Albury Wodonga Health is not being funded. Last weekend was horrendous. At one stage the health service needed an additional 50 beds. People were on the floor in the hallways but not in hospital beds. I have emails from last year between the two state health departments recommending that long-term patients be shifted to the nearby Mercy to free up beds. It was costed at $20.8 million over three years, to be shared by both Victoria and New South Wales. Nothing has happened, and I am told that this will not be funded. There are 2299 on our category 3 surgery waitlist, and it continues to climb. The lack of beds is a significant contributor, and my constituents need to know why the Mercy option and plans for modular units have been dumped.