Health system
Georgie CROZIER (Southern Metropolitan) (14:35): Another matter, which is a very serious matter and one that I have raised continuously in this chamber, is around the number of Victorians waiting on the elective surgery waitlist. We still do not have the latest quarterly figures. I just checked before I stood to see whether that Victorian Agency for Health Information data was out – the data from October to December. The government has to publish it and has not. They were supposed to publish it a week ago. It is still missing, and I do not think that sends a good message to the tens of thousands of Victorians who are waiting on waitlists for vital surgery and also dental care. There are literally hundreds of thousands of Victorians who are waiting and captured by the inadequacies in the system. I think it is incredibly disappointing, yet again, the lack of transparency and the lack of ability for the government to provide this information on time.
Sitting suspended 2:38 pm until 2:55 pm.