Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Xenophon for his question. If there are parts that I have not dealt with in my reply, of course I will always take them on notice and see if the Minister for Health wants to add any information.

The department is in discussion with a broad range of stakeholders, including pharmacists, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, consumers, medical oncologist groups, prescribers, representatives from the public and private hospital sector and reconstitution services. The focus of these discussions is on a sustainable way forward for all stakeholders, with a primary focus on the needs of the patient. I think that sometimes we get very lost in this; this is about ensuring that. This government—and you can look up the record—increased the availability for $1.3 billion to assist cancer sufferers. It is about ensuring—