Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Mackellar, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Seniors) Share this | Hansard source

I refer to page 193 of the Budget Paper No. 1, dealing with the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, which is particularly of interest to seniors. I notice there is an allocation of $49.7 million over four years to increase the frequency of testing. I also note that this program is not to be fully implemented until 2034. I find those sort of projections amazing when one would expect technology and treatments to improve over that period of time. I would like to ask the minister whether or not—

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