Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Today, the member for Gellibrand, along with the Leader of the Opposition, launched what she said is Labor’s dental policy, but it was not today’s dental policy. What she actually did was relaunch the Keating dental scheme of the mid-1990s, which helped state governments much more than it helped dental patients.

This government has a $385 million plan; Labor have just a $290 million plan. Every dollar of this government’s plan will be spent on services; much of Labor’s money will be spent on state public servants. The government’s scheme covers some 450 separate dental items and Labor’s scheme will cover just one thing—consultations.

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