Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

We certainly support access to private dental services through the private health insurance rebate, which is estimated to provide $7.5 billion in 2024-25 and $38.6 billion from 2023-24 to 2027-28. We recognise that private dental services can also be expensive in Australia, and we've set the fees for private dental services. Private dentists set their own fees for services. Our government supports access to dental care through providing funding to states and territories, and I know you might not agree with that, but that is our process to support access to public dental services. We also support access to the Child Dental Benefits Schedule, as I've already outlined in my answers, and the National Health Reform Agreement, NHRA, funding for public hospital admitted and outpatient services.