Ambulance services

The question put

That this house: (1) notes that Victorian lives are being put at risk by the ongoing crisis within Ambulance Victoria that has seen: (a) a reduction in mobile intensive care ambulance (MICA) services, including: (i) a drop in the number of MICA paramedics; (ii) large parts of the Victorian community being regularly left without MICA coverage; (iii) a system that is dangerous and badly organised; (iv) low morale and burnout amongst MICA paramedics; (v) a disastrous rostering system; (vi) insufficient funding to pay for shifts; (b) an ageing fixed-wing aircraft fleet and issues that include: (i) shortages in available aircraft due to maintenance; (ii) an overworked and understaffed pilot workforce; (iii) several pressurisation incidents; (2) expresses concern at the proposal by Ambulance Victoria to cut: (a) MICA units from regional communities, including: (i) Bairnsdale; (ii) Sale; (iii) Shepparton; (iv) Swan Hill; (v) Wangaratta; (vi) Warrnambool; (vii) Wodonga; (viii) Wonthaggi; (b) single-responder MICA units from regional communities, including: (i) Ballarat; (ii) Bendigo; (iii) Horsham; (iv) Morwell; (3) calls on the Allan Labor government to: (a) properly resource Ambulance Vi