00:00A case of look over here.
00:07If re-elected, a WA Labor government will invest an additional $16 million to boost
00:13paramedic services in the Peel and South West.
00:18Instead of over there.
00:19Are you concerned, Minister, that this will be a bad case of deja vu for voters who remember
00:23you promising to redevelop this hospital in the 2021 campaign?
00:27WA Labor on the hustings, committing to doubling regional paramedic services in Australind
00:32and tripling them in Dawesville.
00:34But the government also providing an update on the $150 million Peel Health Campus redevelopment,
00:41which returned to the public system last year, revealing a contract is now signed with forward
00:46works expected to commence in coming months.
00:49Redeveloping existing hospitals is challenging, so we've done the careful planning that is
00:54required to ensure that we can redevelop this responsibly and ensure that all of the
00:59services are running.
01:00The state government may have appointed a contractor for the hospital's redevelopment,
01:05but said increases in costings were likely as it develops, and again, provided no clear
01:11timeline for its completion.
01:12Well, we do expect the ultimately the final figure will be more.
01:17There's no question we've seen a significant increase in labour and supply.
01:21For Mandurah locals, the redevelopment can't come soon enough.
01:25People are going without, staff are overworked, underpaid.
01:29Nothing has changed in 10 years, so it's long over 10 years since there's been lots of talk,
01:35very, very little action.
01:36Meanwhile, the WA Liberals pitch to voters tripling the grandparent support scheme to
01:41$3,000 a year and introducing a carer's card with potential concession fares and discounts.
01:48Today's announcement is not only a recognition of the role of grand carers in WA, but it
01:55is a recognition of the significant cost of living pressures.
01:59The race to the March poll well and truly underway.
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