STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Mr FARLEY (Farrer) (13:33): I wish to update you on health and health services in Farrer. Farrer is one of the nation's largest electorates, and every community across it, from Pooncarie to Albury, shares the same demand for a doctor, a hospital bed and an ambulance. In the south-east of Farrer, health services are progressing.

The middle and west of Farrer are lagging in investment. The Albury-Wodonga hospital has reached a milestone. The main Albury works planning application for the new seven-storey clinical services building is now on exhibition, bringing new and enhanced health services for the border communities a step closer.

It also represents one of the largest regional hospital investments delivered in New South Wales, significantly expanding health services, bed capacity and specialist care for the growing region. Corowa redevelopment is exactly what the region needs, delivering 24-hour emergency services, a safe room, increased inpatient beds, a new close observation unit, a fully integrated operating theatre, expanded radiology and new CT services, X-ray and ultrasound plus chair based service areas.

Critically, it also includes the dedicated staff accommodation, because you cannot secure clinicians without a place for them to live. Health services in Farrer are progressing in the right direction and must continue to do so. The future in health is built when all three levels of government are working together—a future we make, ensuring that intergenerational growth is continuous.

Securing the future of health is made by the constituency— (Time expired)