Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Today's Australian newspaper quotes a health department spokesperson as saying:

… I have encouraged the (Pharmacy) Guild to provide specific examples to my department of where the current dispensing fee structure may not meet the cost of providing the dispensing service.

Minister, has not the government in fact been warned about this impending problem since 2009 by key stakeholders, including pharmacists? And will the minister provide on notice details of the dates and content of such communications?