Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, exactly, by the minister. That is the role which comes with it. I would note that, in relation to fully eligible MRI units per 100,000 population, in the Adelaide region—and indeed in the electorate of Adelaide, an opposition electorate—the rate of MRIs per 100,000 people is 0.7. That is significantly lower than the rate in south-east Melbourne, Perth South, East Melbourne with 0.5; the Australian Capital Territory with 0.5; Western Sydney with 0.5; Brisbane South with 0.5; Nepean, Blue Mountains with 0.5. In country South Australia it is 0.6; Brisbane North 0.6; central and eastern Sydney 0.6; Hunter, New England and Central Coast 0.6. These things are determined on a basis of need. That sets out the fact that that area is significantly lower in MRI concentration than all of those other regions of Australia.

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