Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I am happy to move my motion. I move the amendment to the motion, as circulated in the chamber:

Omit subparagraphs (b)(i) to (iii), substitute:

(i) has cut $300 million dollars a year from the National Partnership Agreement on adult dental health, drastically reducing access to public dental care for the many Australians who rely on these services,

(ii) has cynically cut funding to the Child Dental Benefits Scheme by $300 per child last year, in an appalling attempt to ‘balance the budget’ off the back of dental care for disadvantaged Australian children, until the Senate forced them to back track; and

(c) calls on the Government to urgently end its sustained attack on public dental care and restore the much-needed funding, to ensure Australians have access to the care they need.