Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Gallagher. Before I start, I want to thank former Senator Griff for the work he did on cancer in the time he was here.

In Australia, brain cancer is one of the most common and deadliest diseases in children. Approximately 120 children are diagnosed each year with brain cancer and, for 45 per cent of those, their disease is fatal. My question for the government is this: What new initiatives has the government introduced to address paediatric brain cancers? Is there anything it has introduced that is new? Are you still funding the previous programs that were introduced by the previous government?