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The Albury-Wodonga Hospital Crisis — The Facts, Not the Politics

Evidence-based community research into why the most complex cross-border hospital redevelopment in Australia is failing to deliver what 300,000 people were promised.

The numbers that matter

300,000
People in the catchment [1]
Victoria & NSW combined
$558M
Committed to redevelopment [2]
Victorian & NSW governments
3.6%
Federal contribution [3]
vs 24% at Wagga Wagga Hospital

About us

What is CHART?

CHART — Cross-Border Health Advocacy, Research & Transparency — is a community-run initiative focused on evidence, accountability, and transparency in the governance of Albury-Wodonga Health.

We are not a protest group. We are not anti-hospital, anti-staff, or party political. We believe the community deserves access to the same information the governments are working from — and that structural governance failures should be named and fixed.

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“The brownfield debate is a symptom. The real problem is a governance structure that lets two state governments and the Commonwealth each point at each other while 300,000 people wait.”

— The core CHART finding

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Visual scorecards, federal funding comparisons, and the four questions the community should be asking.

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A library of publicly available and FOI-requested documents about AWH planning and governance.

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Sources & References

  1. AWH catchment population — Albury Wodonga Health official website (awh.org.au) and 2021 Clinical Services Plan
  2. Joint NSW/VIC $558M redevelopment announcement — NSW Premier Perrottet and VIC Premier Andrews, October 2022
  3. Federal contribution: $20M of $558M total = 3.6%. Commonwealth $20M confirmed in 2023-24 Budget. Wagga Wagga comparison: $67M Commonwealth of $282M total (24%) — NSW Government Health Infrastructure project data
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