Greens
Universal public healthcare, more mental-health clinicians and expanded treatment capacity
View detailed claimsVictoria 2026 · Policy comparison
Health & Hospitals
Jurisdiction: Shared Fed/StatePublic hospitals, ambulance services and state-run health systems in Victoria.
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At a glance
Labor
Record health funding, hospital capacity and free care outside emergency departments
View detailed claimsLiberal–Nationals
Shared Coalition policy
$850m West Gippsland hospital, free MenB vaccination and repeal of the GP tax
View detailed claimsOne Nation
Expand the health workforce and rebuild Rosebud Hospital through a PPP
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Party positions
Greens
Back to comparison- Position
Fund universal, timely public healthcare according to need, with stronger primary, preventative, rural and regional services and reduced elective-surgery and outpatient waits.
Australian Greens Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026
- Costed measure
Fund 500 additional psychologists and psychiatrists across schools and public clinics.
- Ongoing operational
- Uncosted pledge
Australian Greens Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026
3 more claims
- Costed measure
Fund 200 additional public drug and alcohol detoxification and rehabilitation beds and scale up addiction support over five years.
- Ongoing operational
- Uncosted pledge
Australian Greens Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026
- Pledge
Use health workers rather than police to lead responses to mental-health emergencies and continue expanding free mental-health care.
Australian Greens Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026
- Pledge
Expand free state-funded sexual-health clinics, including abortion, contraception and trans and gender-diverse healthcare, with improved access in rural and regional Victoria.
Australian Greens Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026
Labor
Back to comparison- Costed measure
The 2026–27 Budget provides more than $32.3 billion for health, including $3.9 billion in new investment across hospitals, ambulance services, specialist care and community health.
- $3.9 billion new investment taxpayer funded
- Uncosted pledge
- 2026–27 Budget
Premier of Victoria · published 4 May 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026
- Costed measure
Provide $1.6 billion to public hospitals for activity and service funding, intended to give health services certainty to maintain patient care.
- $1.6 billion taxpayer funded
- Uncosted pledge
- 2026–27 Budget
Premier of Victoria · published 4 May 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026
3 more claims
- Costed measure
Invest $284.4 million to open, support or expand hospital services, including the new Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency department and a dedicated children's emergency department at University Hospital Geelong.
- $284.4 million taxpayer funded
- Uncosted pledge
- 2026–27 Budget
Premier of Victoria · published 4 May 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026
- Costed measure
Fund around 45,000 additional specialist paediatric appointments and 4,000 additional planned surgeries as part of a $109 million package.
- $109 million taxpayer funded
- Uncosted pledge
- 2026–27 Budget
Premier of Victoria · published 4 May 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026
- Position
Continue free alternatives to hospital emergency departments through Urgent Care Clinics, the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department and Chemist Care Now.
Premier of Victoria · published 4 May 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026
Liberal–Nationals
Back to comparisonShared Coalition policy
- Costed measure
Invest $850 million in a new West Gippsland hospital with 230 beds and treatment spaces, a larger emergency department, residential aged-care beds and healthcare-worker accommodation.
- $850 million taxpayer funded
- Uncosted pledge
ABC News · published 22 July 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026
- Pledge
Fund meningococcal B vaccination for infants and Year 10 students, with catch-up programs for young children and people aged 15 to 19.
Liberal Victoria (joint Liberal–Nationals statement) · published 7 Dec 2025 · verified 1 Aug 2026
1 more claim
- Pledge
Abolish the state payroll-tax treatment described by the Coalition as a health or GP tax.
Liberal Victoria (joint Liberal–Nationals statement) · published 11 May 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026
View separate Liberal and Nationals records
Liberal
- Costed measure
Invest $850 million in a new West Gippsland hospital with 230 beds and treatment spaces, a larger emergency department, residential aged-care beds and healthcare-worker accommodation.
- $850 million taxpayer funded
- Uncosted pledge
ABC News · published 22 July 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026
- Pledge
Fund meningococcal B vaccination for infants and Year 10 students, with catch-up programs for young children and people aged 15 to 19.
Liberal Victoria (joint Liberal–Nationals statement) · published 7 Dec 2025 · verified 1 Aug 2026
1 more claim
- Pledge
Abolish the state payroll-tax treatment described by the Coalition as a health or GP tax.
Liberal Victoria (joint Liberal–Nationals statement) · published 11 May 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026
Nationals
- Costed measure
Invest $850 million in a new West Gippsland hospital with 230 beds and treatment spaces, a larger emergency department, residential aged-care beds and healthcare-worker accommodation.
- $850 million taxpayer funded
- Uncosted pledge
ABC News · published 22 July 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026
- Pledge
Fund meningococcal B vaccination for infants and Year 10 students, with catch-up programs for young children and people aged 15 to 19.
Liberal Victoria (joint Liberal–Nationals statement) · published 7 Dec 2025 · verified 1 Aug 2026
1 more claim
- Pledge
Abolish the state payroll-tax treatment described by the Coalition as a health or GP tax.
The Nationals Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026
One Nation
Back to comparison- Pledge
One Nation Victoria proposes financial incentives for GPs to work in outer metropolitan and regional shortage areas, plus grants for medical students completing general-practice specialisation.
One Nation Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026
- Pledge
The party proposes university recruitment partnerships for nursing, more flexible hospital employment, action to reduce burnout and a campaign to attract more men into nursing.
One Nation Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026
2 more claims
- Pledge
One Nation Victoria calls for increased specialist and community-care funding, improved paramedic pay, retention measures and stronger mental-health support for frontline ambulance staff.
One Nation Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026
- Pledge
The party pledges to redevelop Rosebud Hospital through a public-private partnership in which the facility and clinical services remain publicly owned and operated while a private partner finances and builds the project.
One Nation Victoria · published 26 Apr 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026
Who controls health & hospitals?
Jurisdiction: Shared Fed/StatePublic hospitals and ambulance services are primarily state-run. Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and much primary-care funding are Commonwealth responsibilities. Aged care is largely federal with some state interfaces.
- Victoria
- Public hospital networks, ambulance services, and many public-health programs.
- Commonwealth
- Medicare, the PBS, private health-insurance regulation, and major aged-care settings.