Senate debates

Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Questions without Notice

Dental Health

2:18 pm

Photo of Larissa WatersLarissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Minister McCarthy, representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Minister, we know from tax data that one in three big corporations pay no tax. When a nurse or a teacher is paying more tax than megaprofitable companies like Chevron, you know that something's wrong. If big corporations paid their fair share, we could fund the things we all need, like adding dental care into Medicare. When the Greens were in minority government with Labor in 2010 we got dental for kids added into Medicare. We want to finish the job and make sure that every Australian can see the dentist using their Medicare card, not their credit card. Will the Albanese government tax big corporations and fund bringing dental into Medicare?

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