Thursday, 3 April 2025

Constituency questions

Southern Metropolitan Region

Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (12:39): (1523) My question is to Minister for Health Infrastructure. How is the government expanding ambulance services infrastructure in the Southern Metropolitan Region? Last week, along with my colleague Mr Berger, the minister and the member for Bentleigh, I visited the works at the new East Bentleigh ambulance station on the site of the Moorabbin Hospital. The brand new station is going to feature a four-bay garage for ambulances, four rest areas for paramedics to recuperate, training facilities, a fully equipped kitchen and secure car parking on site. The location of the Moorabbin Hospital site has been carefully selected to ensure that there is more capacity for faster response times in the local community – a fit-for-purpose station enabling our paramedics to do the job they do so well. A huge congratulations to the member for Bentleigh for his hard work and for making this new investment a reality.