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Health Services Amendment (Northern Beaches Hospital Deed Termination) Bill 2025
Independent BillLegislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Assent
Introduced by: The Hon Courtney Houssos MLC (ALP); Michael Regan MP (IND)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Natalie Ward LIB
“I lead for the Opposition in debate on the Health Services Amendment (Northern Beaches Hospital Deed Termination) Bill 2025. I thank the shadow Minister for Health in the other place, Kellie Sloane, for her work on this bill regarding a difficult issue and for leading the community and the affected families.”
Amanda Cohn GRN
“As The Greens spokesperson for health, I indicate at the outset that we will support the Health Services Amendment (Northern Beaches Hospital Deed Termination) Bill 2025, although I will raise significant concerns about the way this issue is being handled more broadly by the Government.”
Mark Latham IND
“The Health Services Amendment (Northern Beaches Hospital Deed Termination) Bill 2025 is a very interesting piece of legislation.”
Daniel Mookhey ALP
“In reply: I thank all members who contributed to the debate. I address a few issues that were raised. The Hon. Natalie Ward made reference to the concept of windfall gains in the contract.”
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Health Services Amendment (Northern Beaches Hospital Deed Termination) Bill 2025
Mr MICHAEL REGAN, Member for Wakehurst — 2025-06-25
The bill proposes amendments to the Health Services Act to allow the Government to terminate the project deed on terms that are fair and equitable to both parties in all the circumstances, which includes compensation paid on the basis that there is an operator termination event. The final compensation figure is reached by subtracting the reasonable handover costs, including transition and remediation costs, that will be incurred by the State. The bill allows the Minister for Health to terminate the deed by statutory notice. Once such a notice is given, the deed will be taken to be terminated as if an operator termination event has occurred. That means the compensation payable will be under the operator default termination provisions of the deed.