John Murphy (Lowe, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In concluding my contribution in this debate tonight I make the point that at a time when the government has billions of dollars of surplus it can afford the very small cost of $7 million per year to provide these patients with Alimta. A committee in the United Kingdom equivalent to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee recently approved Alimta for anyone with mesothelioma. I call upon the Minister for Health and Ageing and the PBAC to do likewise, and to do it immediately.