Senate debates

Wednesday, 3 July 2024

Questions without Notice

Neuroblastoma

2:17 pm

Photo of Anne RustonAnne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

One-year-old Harris Richardson, also known as Hazzy, son of Tyler and Alix, has been diagnosed also with neuroblastoma. The Richardson family have been forced to start a GoFundMe page to raise funds for Hazzy and the family will need to fly to the US to receive the treatment that Harris needs. Is the government concerned that families are being forced to fundraise hundreds of thousands of dollars to access life-saving cancer treatment for their immunocompromised children overseas when the drug could actually be made available safely and accessed here in Australia?

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