Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Health. On 31 December this year—only 30 days away—Commonwealth funding for public dental services to the state and territories through the national partnership agreement will expire. So here we are on the last day of parliament, and the minister today has made no public commitment whatsoever in relation to what the government intends to do to ensure that Australians continue to have access to these vital public dental services. So will the minister now take the opportunity to explain what funding will be in place beyond the end of this year; and will she give an assurance that there will not be any cuts to public dental funding?