House debates

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

Questions without Notice

Health Care

2:40 pm

Photo of Helen HainesHelen Haines (Indi, Independent) | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Murray Primary Health Network, which services most of Indi, recently had its after-hours funding cut, apparently because demand is now serviced by Medicare urgent care clinics. The government says four in five Australians live within 20 minutes of a Medicare urgent care clinic, but in Indi, if you live outside Wodonga, it's zero. Minister, can you guarantee that rural communities without a Medicare urgent care clinic will not lose access to after-hours care?

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