Andrew Hastie (Canning, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I've risen 13 times in this chamber to speak on the local hospital crisis in the Peel region. Labor have been promising to upgrade our local hospital since 2017, and after eight years in government, including a $152 million pledge to fix it, the question is: what have they delivered? I'll tell you what they've delivered. They have delivered record ambulance ramping. They have delivered emergency department delays. They have delivered case study after case study in public health failures.

The Peel Labor MPs—David Templeman, Lisa Munday and Robyn Clarke—are missing in action. They have failed our community. Our hardworking doctors, nurses and medical staff are doing their best, and we thank them for that. Day in, day out they serve our community, but they don't have the resources they need—no extra support, no extra beds and no extra staff.

Labor is failing our community. In March 2017, when the state government was elected, ambulance ramping was 6.9 hours for the month. Last month, that figure skyrocketed to over 364 hours. Labor had a job to do and they failed to deliver for the community. Our community's hospital must be fixed; our community deserves better. They also deserve better representation in the state parliament. The Liberals are the only party that are committed to fixing the Peel Health Campus.

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