Backlash grows over decision to scrap Victorian hospital’s Indigenous name in favour of Queen Elizabeth II
by Adeshola Ore from on (#63SFT)
Daniel Andrews defends plan to change name of Maroondah hospital from Woiwurrung word that celebrates the natural environment
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Victoria's First Peoples' Assembly has accused the Andrews government of making a hospital in Melbourne's east culturally unsafe" for Indigenous Australians after it vowed to rename the site in honour of Queen Elizabeth II, dumping its Indigenous name.
In a pre-election pledge on Sunday, Victoria's premier, Daniel Andrews, promised to rebuild the Maroondah hospital, in East Ringwood, at a cost of $1bn and rename it to pay tribute to the Queen.
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