Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Health Administration) Share this | Hansard source

My question, of which some notice has been given, is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Ludwig. Is the Rudd government still pushing ahead with its ill-considered $100 million budget cut to chemotherapy treatment which, according to the budget papers, is due to take effect in less than three weeks, despite the resounding and massive outcry from cancer patient support groups and healthcare professionals from across Australia?