Helen Haines (Indi, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

This question is to the Minister for Health. Minister, before the election, you announced $14.5 million funding for Albury Wodonga Health, comprising $12 million for a 20-bed mental health rehabilitation unit and $2.5 million for specialist outpatient services. This funding was meant to significantly boost mental health services urgently needed in my rural community, yet the minister's department has now said the first payment won't come until 2022 and the remainder is not in sight until 2025. This is too long to wait. Minister, will you follow through on your government's commitment to making mental health a key priority and immediately bring this funding forward?

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