Letter to the editor – Let’s Keep Talking
Men’s Health Week has just passed, and I’ve spent the week sitting with a heavy heart. I recently sat down with local police to talk about the heartbreak unfolding in…
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Victoria’s broken patient transport system raised in Parliament
The Nationals’ Member for Euroa and Shadow Assistant Minister for Health, Annabelle Cleeland, has renewed calls for urgent reform to Victoria’s non-emergency patient transport system and the Victorian Patient Transport…
Share your experience with surgery waitlists
The Nationals’ Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland, has launched an online survey for people across the region to share their experiences on surgery waitlists. Despite record health spending and repeated…
Adjournment: Regional Patient Transport
TRANSCRIPT: My adjournment tonight is for the Minister for Health. The action I seek is a commitment to urgently reform Victoria’s non-emergency patient transport system and the Victorian patient transport…
Regional patients left behind by broken travel support system
Regional Victorians are being left hundreds of dollars out-of-pocket as the Allan Labor Government fails to process vital medical travel reimbursements in a timely manner. The Victorian Patient Transport Assistance…
Support available at Euroa Cattle Sale
The Nationals’ Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland, will be at the Euroa Cattle Sale next Wednesday alongside mental health professionals to offer free and confidential support to any farmers doing…
Patient transport funding questions remain unanswered ahead of state budget
Ahead of this month’s Victorian State Budget, The Nationals’ Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland, has called on the State Government to ensure the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Community Transport…
Regional health issues in the spotlight
Hospital services, ambulance ramping, and access to GPs were among the key issues discussed as part of a recent spotlight on health in North East Victoria. Shadow Assistant Minister for…
Grievance Debate: Victoria’s Health System
TRANSCRIPT: I rise today to grieve not just for the state of our healthcare system but for the very real and tragic experiences that many Victorians are living through due…
Bill Reading: Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Amendment Bill 2025
TRANSCRIPT: I rise today to speak on the Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Amendment Bill 2025. It is a bill that we do not…
Victoria’s Health System in Crisis
Speaking in Parliament, The Nationals’ Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland, has condemned the Allan Labor Government’s catastrophic mismanagement of Victoria’s health system, warning that critical services are collapsing under pressure.…
Minister gags hospital CEOs after Cleeland demands funding guarantee
Victoria’s Health Minister has gagged hospital CEOs from speaking out about potential funding and service cuts, following Shadow Assistant Minister for Health Annabelle Cleeland’s demand for transparency. Ms Cleeland wrote…