Delivering for Corio
Investing in health & education
Apart from the massive investment in schools, hospitals and universities under the Morrison Government’s funding agreements including with the Victorian Government, we are also making a number of additional local investments in schools, health and specialist care facilities and mental health programs.
LOCAL HEALTH UPGRADES
- $50m for a new Women’s and Children’s Hospital facility, University Hospital Geelong
- $10m for a new paediatric emergency department, University Hospital Geelong
- $2m for upgrade at Bellarine Community Health Portarlington
- $4m for new health services and headspace at Bellarine Community Health Ocean Grove
- $14m Adult mental health hub in Corio
- New MRI licence at Epworth Hospital providing around 6,000 bulk billing services a year
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
- Funding boost for Headspace Geelong
- New headspace service for Ocean Grove
- Funding for suicide prevention group to support Geelong community including local schools
SPECIALIST CARE FACILITIES
- Anam Cara Geelong hospice, to be constructed at Deakin Waurn Ponds
- Foundation 61 women’s hospital
- Kids Plus Foundation disability centre, Deakin Waurn Ponds
R U OK Day 2020: Supporting Australians’ mental health during COVID
10 September 2020 is R U OK Day and World Suicide Prevention Day. The pandemic and the periods of extended lockdown and financial stress have taken a heavy toll on Victorians’ mental health, making it more important than ever to look after your mental health and check in on your
Record Medicare bulk billing rates through COVID-19
JMR WITH MINISTER FOR HEALTH GREG HUNT The Morrison Government’s steadfast commitment to Medicare has been underlined by a record GP bulk billing rate of 87.5 per cent for 2019–20. The bulk billing rate in the Electorate of Corangamite was 79.2 per cent, Corio 74.9 per cent, Ballarat 79.4 per
Additional funding to reinforce Australia’s aged care sector
The Australian Government will provide an additional $563.3 million to extend support for the aged care sector’s response to COVID-19, announced in March, and subsequently as part of the Aged Care response plan. This takes our Government’s support to senior Australians in Aged Care to over $1.5 billion since the