Northern Victoria Region
Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:31): (226) My question is for the Minister for Health. During the last election campaign the government announced a funding commitment of up to $55 million to redevelop Nathalia Cobram Numurkah Health’s Pioneers Memorial Lodge aged care facility in Numurkah. In the 2023–24 state budget handed down last week it mentioned the Pioneers Lodge upgrade with two other regional aged care projects, with all three projects allocated a combined funding of $162 million. Nowhere in the budget does it specify the actual funding amount allocated for the Numurkah project, nor does it give a breakdown of the allocation of funding by year or a time line when the project is expected to be completed. The current facility is no longer fit for purpose, and NCN Health and the local community deserve clarity on the issue. Can the minister provide me with the amount of funding that has been allocated to the Pioneers Memorial Lodge redevelopment project, a breakdown of the expected flow of funding by year and a time line for when the project will be completed?