Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for her question. I believe this is a matter on which all members of the House have a common view—that is, how do we deal with the problem of the inadequate supply of donated organs for those who need them and for those who now are adding to the waiting lists for transplants around Australia? Currently we have 1,800 people around Australia on waiting lists and that number is made up of those who make the waiting list. There is a further number of patients—

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