Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

We know your record on medical research funding, Member for Ballarat. The new primary health networks are a cornerstone of our delivery to patients, because this is about the patient journey, about patient care and about our responsibility to have those models of care that reflect contemporary practice and new approaches to chronic disease. Today we are meeting the primary care advisory group. It is meeting for the first time, and there will be a piece of work over six months to make sure that we launch this in a really responsible way, with clinical advice and clinical expertise. I am still waiting for health policy from Labor. I know that the member for Ballarat was desperate for something to come out of the budget in reply, and in fact I found another one of her comments. When she was asked, 'What's happening with Labor's health policy?' she said, 'Well, we've been talking to doctors—

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