❓ Mr. Grylls asks how the new Karratha Health Campus aligns with the Pilbara Cities vision. The Minister details the $207 million investment, its services, and its role in activating the city centre and supporting regional development.
AnsweredQoN 535Legislative Assembly
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KARRATHA
HEALTH CAMPUS
535. Mr B.J. GRYLLS to the
Minister for Regional Development:
It was great to have the minister in the Pilbara recently to
witness the start of earthworks for the new Karratha Health Campus. Can the
minister please explain to the house how this new hospital fits in with the
broader Pilbara Cities vision?
HEALTH CAMPUS
535. Mr B.J. GRYLLS to the
Minister for Regional Development:
It was great to have the minister in the Pilbara recently to
witness the start of earthworks for the new Karratha Health Campus. Can the
minister please explain to the house how this new hospital fits in with the
broader Pilbara Cities vision?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Pilbara for the question and, of
course, for his long interest in health in the north, particularly in his home
city—namely, the City of Karratha, which was announced recently. The
Liberal–National government certainly has a very strong vision for
developing cities of the north. It was interesting to listen to Bernard Salt on
the radio on a morning not that long ago when he talked about what he thought
about regional development. He said that he thought there should be a city of
the north and that it should be Karratha. He was about a week late, because the
Minister for Local Government had announced that Karratha was indeed a city—the
City of Karratha. Since 2008, the Liberal–National government has been
making investments to make a difference, and Karratha becoming a city is strong
recognition of that investment.
Recently I was in Karratha with the member for Pilbara and we
turned the first sod for what will be the new Karratha Health Campus. Royalties
for regions funding of $207 million is supporting a very significant
development and creating a number of services, including a bigger emergency
department; a new surgical centre; a new maternity wing; a state-of-the-art CT
scanner and medical imaging; telehealth facilities; physiotherapy, speech
therapy and occupational therapy; and community health nursing, mental health
services and aged care. But it is more than that. We know that health is one of
those key services that are central to people making the decision to live in a
location, in particular a regional location. In terms of the location of the
facility in Karratha, it is one of those significant asset investments that
helps to activate the centre of town. In recent times, if people have been to
Karratha, they will have seen the main street development. It truly is a main
street that now reflects a city of the north. The health campus will be located
close to that and a road development sitting behind it now links the east–west
residential communities of Karratha with the centre of town. Significant
earthworks are going into the site to ensure that it will be able to meet all
those one-in-500-year flooding events so that there will be no issues with
flooding or the regular cyclonic activity that happens up there. These
earthworks will ensure that the centre is able to resist those. The development
will activate the centre of the city. Other developments will sit around this,
but a $207 million investment into a significant health campus in the new City
of Karratha is a wonderful investment by the Liberal–National
government supporting regional development.
course, for his long interest in health in the north, particularly in his home
city—namely, the City of Karratha, which was announced recently. The
Liberal–National government certainly has a very strong vision for
developing cities of the north. It was interesting to listen to Bernard Salt on
the radio on a morning not that long ago when he talked about what he thought
about regional development. He said that he thought there should be a city of
the north and that it should be Karratha. He was about a week late, because the
Minister for Local Government had announced that Karratha was indeed a city—the
City of Karratha. Since 2008, the Liberal–National government has been
making investments to make a difference, and Karratha becoming a city is strong
recognition of that investment.
Recently I was in Karratha with the member for Pilbara and we
turned the first sod for what will be the new Karratha Health Campus. Royalties
for regions funding of $207 million is supporting a very significant
development and creating a number of services, including a bigger emergency
department; a new surgical centre; a new maternity wing; a state-of-the-art CT
scanner and medical imaging; telehealth facilities; physiotherapy, speech
therapy and occupational therapy; and community health nursing, mental health
services and aged care. But it is more than that. We know that health is one of
those key services that are central to people making the decision to live in a
location, in particular a regional location. In terms of the location of the
facility in Karratha, it is one of those significant asset investments that
helps to activate the centre of town. In recent times, if people have been to
Karratha, they will have seen the main street development. It truly is a main
street that now reflects a city of the north. The health campus will be located
close to that and a road development sitting behind it now links the east–west
residential communities of Karratha with the centre of town. Significant
earthworks are going into the site to ensure that it will be able to meet all
those one-in-500-year flooding events so that there will be no issues with
flooding or the regular cyclonic activity that happens up there. These
earthworks will ensure that the centre is able to resist those. The development
will activate the centre of the city. Other developments will sit around this,
but a $207 million investment into a significant health campus in the new City
of Karratha is a wonderful investment by the Liberal–National
government supporting regional development.
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