House debates Matters of Public Importance

Working Families

Thursday, 1 March 2007 House of Representatives

Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the House

3:29 pm

She constantly interjects, ‘What about rotavirus?’ Let’s take rotavirus. There was a recommendation from the PBAC in December, at about the time the shadow minister for health occupied that position, that rotavirus be put on the national immunisation program. For some time after that, there were negotiations between the government and the suppliers over price. Those negotiations have now been completed and, before the end of the month, this matter will be considered by cabinet—no delay, nothing unusual, nothing sinister.

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