Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

because $1.2 billion will be cut from primary care. What does that mean in practice? In the member for Chifley's electorate, we know what it means. We were out there just last week, with the member for Greenway, announcing $500,000 for a diabetes prevention program—very important in their local community, where diabetes is a huge problem.

Also in Western Sydney is an after-hours service, run by the Nepean-Blue Mountains Medicare Local—cut, if those opposite form government. In country Victoria is a service to transport people with chronic conditions, run by the Lower Murray Medicare Local and the Royal Flying Doctor Service—cut, under those opposite. The Southern Adelaide-Fleurieu-Kangaroo Island Medicare Local is lifting child immunisation rates—cut, by those opposite.

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