James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The government opposes this amendment and notes that in the 2017-18 budget the government added $163.6 million to the Child Dental Benefits Schedule, meaning three million children will be able to access up to $1,000 work of check-ups and treatments every two years. The supporters of this amendment should be the last to question the levels of public dental funding in Australia, given in 2012 Labor cut $1 billion from Medicare for dental services and means-tested it, removing the Chronic Disease Dental Scheme.