❓ Mr. Aubrey questions the Minister about the Cook Labor government's health infrastructure project delivery. The Minister highlights record investment and streamlined procurement, focusing on Osborne Park and other regional hospitals.
AnsweredQoN 108Legislative Assembly
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Health infrastructure
108. Mr Stuart Aubrey to
the Minister for Health Infrastructure:
I refer to the Cook
Labor government's delivery of health infrastructure projects across the state.
(1) Can the minister outline to the house how this
government is accelerating the delivery of major hospital projects, including
in the northern suburbs?
(2) Can the minister advise the house how this
government's approach to health infrastructure enables Western Australians to
have access to services where they need them?
108. Mr Stuart Aubrey to
the Minister for Health Infrastructure:
I refer to the Cook
Labor government's delivery of health infrastructure projects across the state.
(1) Can the minister outline to the house how this
government is accelerating the delivery of major hospital projects, including
in the northern suburbs?
(2) Can the minister advise the house how this
government's approach to health infrastructure enables Western Australians to
have access to services where they need them?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) I thank the member for his
question. As we know, our state government is making record investment in
health infrastructure. An estimated $4.9 billion is being invested to transform
hospitals across Western Australia. Through the new infrastructure portfolio
and the Office of Major Infrastructure Delivery, we have refocused and re-energised
our efforts, and we have undertaken reforms to streamline procurement by using
the great Metronet team that demonstrated we can deliver these big, bold capital
projects.
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt, please do
not interject.
Mr John Carey: It was fantastic to join the local
member, the Premier, and the Minister for Health for another major milestone: the
beginning of construction at Osborne Park Hospital. This really is another
significant investment in the northern suburbs. Of course, it builds on the
major redevelopment of the Joondalup Health Campus. The main six-storey building
will provide expanded women's and newborns' inpatient facilities, a mental
health support unit for expectant and new mothers, a family birth centre, a pharmacy
and outpatient clinics. In addition to that, there will be another four-storey
building that will provide support services for the entire campus. I do not
think the opposition appreciates the investment occurring at Osborne Park
Hospital, perhaps because we are doing a great job to deliver the big women's
and babies' hospital and it has outshone this other major project that we are
delivering for the northern suburbs. Of course, it builds on all the other
hospital projects like the Geraldton redevelopment.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members of the opposition.
Mr John Carey: It is like the Geraldton Hospital
redevelopment, which will only be delivered by a Labor government, or the
single biggest investment in a regional hospital, not under the Liberals and
Nationals but under a Labor government, in Bunbury and, of course, all the
smaller regional investments, including to the north, which Liberal and
National governments do not care about.
question. As we know, our state government is making record investment in
health infrastructure. An estimated $4.9 billion is being invested to transform
hospitals across Western Australia. Through the new infrastructure portfolio
and the Office of Major Infrastructure Delivery, we have refocused and re-energised
our efforts, and we have undertaken reforms to streamline procurement by using
the great Metronet team that demonstrated we can deliver these big, bold capital
projects.
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt, please do
not interject.
Mr John Carey: It was fantastic to join the local
member, the Premier, and the Minister for Health for another major milestone: the
beginning of construction at Osborne Park Hospital. This really is another
significant investment in the northern suburbs. Of course, it builds on the
major redevelopment of the Joondalup Health Campus. The main six-storey building
will provide expanded women's and newborns' inpatient facilities, a mental
health support unit for expectant and new mothers, a family birth centre, a pharmacy
and outpatient clinics. In addition to that, there will be another four-storey
building that will provide support services for the entire campus. I do not
think the opposition appreciates the investment occurring at Osborne Park
Hospital, perhaps because we are doing a great job to deliver the big women's
and babies' hospital and it has outshone this other major project that we are
delivering for the northern suburbs. Of course, it builds on all the other
hospital projects like the Geraldton redevelopment.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members of the opposition.
Mr John Carey: It is like the Geraldton Hospital
redevelopment, which will only be delivered by a Labor government, or the
single biggest investment in a regional hospital, not under the Liberals and
Nationals but under a Labor government, in Bunbury and, of course, all the
smaller regional investments, including to the north, which Liberal and
National governments do not care about.
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