Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health and Aged Care) | Hansard source

As a result of that, we've seen over 2,800 new or amended medicines listed during the life of this government. We have seen the listing times more than halved, from 312 days to 141 days, over the course of the life of this government. And we have committed to listing every medicine that the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee approves.

Sadly, we know that that has not always been the case. In 2011, the previous government refused to list the medicines that were approved by the PBAC, which included Symbicort for other respiratory conditions, in particular asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is my hope and my belief that such a time never happens again during our lives and during the course—

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