Ms McBRIDE (Dobell) (13:48): In 2017, I stood with the Central Coast community, my state Labor colleagues and the union movement to stop the New South Wales Liberal government selling Wyong Hospital. Before being elected I worked at Wyong Hospital for almost 10 years. I understand its importance to our community. The strength of the community campaign gave the New South Wales government no choice but to back away from its plans. Unfortunately, the New South Wales Liberals haven't completely backed away from their user-pays, private partnership approach to running hospitals. The New South Wales Liberal government will introduce parking fees at the hospital. At Gosford Hospital, the government has entered a five-year new lease with Secure, which will earn profits of $1.9 million from the health workers and patients of the coast. Wyong Hospital has never charged for parking. It has limited public transport, which forces staff, patients and visitors to drive for care. At Gosford Hospital, staff are now paying over $1,200 a year and visitors are paying $19.90 per day or $6.70 an hour. That's more than the John Hunter Hospital and Gosford Private Hospital. I absolutely oppose parking fees at Wyong Hospital. Labor MPs on the coast have gathered 10,000 signatures to table in the New South Wales parliament tomorrow. Those signatures will mean the New South Wales health minister has to answer the people of the coast, and they will be listening closely. We have now gathered another 5,000 signatures, and community members are still adding their names to the petition. I will keep campaigning to stop the introduction of parking fees at Wyong Hospital.