Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I have a supplementary question. Can the minister explain how the government will ensure that the implementation of the Medicare Locals policy will not remove local control of Victoria's smaller healthcare services, such as the Maldon Hospital, the Inglewood and Districts Health Service and the Heathcote Hospital, all within regional Victoria, and how the implementation of the policy will ensure that they will not become swamped by the much larger Medicare Locals regions?