Senate debates
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Questions without Notice: Additional Answers
Breast Cancer Screening
3:04 pm
Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I have additional information in respect of a question asked by Senator Adams on 8 September 2009. I table the response and seek leave to have it incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
The response read as follows—
The Minister for Health and Ageing has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:
The BreastScreen Australia Evaluation was undertaken by an independent expert advisory committee and is based on the best available evidence from Australia and overseas. No decisions have been made on the recommendations and these decisions will be made collaboratively by all Australian governments.