Australian Opposition Promises to Partner with South Australia to Tackle Ambulance Ramping

Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese debates on live television ahead of the federal election at the Nine studio in Sydney, Australia on May 8, 2022. Photo by Alex Ellinghausen - Pool/Getty Images

The Australian Labor Party has promised to partner with the South Australian Labor government to expand Adelaide’s health capacity to tackle the city’s ambulance ramping crisis if elected in the upcoming May 21 federal election.

Under the partnership, a $400 million (US$283 million) expansion of Flinders Medical Centre, with 160 new beds for the south of Adelaide, 136 at the medical centre and a further 24 at the Repat Hospital.