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

The government does not support this motion as the funding and provision of public dental services is primarily the responsibility of state and territory governments. We are committed to the Child Dental Benefits Schedule, which will enable around three million Australian children to access $1,000 worth of treatments each every two years. This is in addition to our $242.5 million national partnership agreement to support the states and territories to deliver additional $400,000 in adult public dental services until June 2019.