22 December 2025
The Finocchiaro CLP Government has supported the national approach led by Commonwealth Health Minister Mark Butler following the owners of Darwin Private Hospital entering into receivership as part of the Healthscope group of hospitals.
We did this in the best interest of Territorians. All year we have been told by the Federal Government and the appointed receivers an announcement of a new operator was hopeful by year's end.
With Christmas only days away, that has not been delivered, leaving patients, staff, and the broader health system facing ongoing uncertainty about the future of this critical facility.
We have worked with the receivers and confirm that once the new operator is known we will engage directly and fight for a return of private maternity services.
Minister for Health, Steve Edgington, said the Northern Territory's health sector is once again being neglected by the Federal Government.
"Darwin is the only capital city without private maternity services, and it is in the national interest that this is rectified.
"Territorians deserve the same certainty, stability, and access to healthcare as other Australians.
"As we approach 2026, the Finocchiaro CLP Government renews our calls for the Albanese Federal Government to stop treating this issue as an afterthought."
