Scott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Child and Adult Public Dental Scheme, announced by the Turnbull government, represents the largest ever Commonwealth investment in public dental services. Under this scheme state and territory governments will receive more money from the Commonwealth than they ever have for public dental services. We will invest $2.1 billion over the next five years through this scheme. The Turnbull government is abolishing Labor's Child Dental Benefits Schedule because it is a failure. Only one-third of eligible children were treated under it, yet costs were running nearly double that at more than 50 per cent of the allocated budget. In addition to this, it was being rorted with nearly $4 million worth of incorrect claims being investigated.