Brett Mason (Queensland, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

I will address both issues. Firstly, the same-sex couples issue: Senator Allison, I understand the amendment you are trying to move. I do not think this is the time or the place to address that issue again. There are no plans to change current government policy at this time. I will just leave it at that. I suspect that at some other time there will be a debate on the issue. In relation to Senator McLucas’s question about the responsibility for health, since Federation the primary health care of Australians has been, primarily, the responsibility of state governments.