Senate debates Questions without Notice

Medical Research Future Fund


Fiona Nash

Fiona Nash NSW, National Party, Assistant Minister for Health

2:17 pm

Every dollar invested in health and medical research returns, on average, $2.17 back into the health system. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report Cancer in Australia: in brief 2012 states that in the five years from 2006 to 2010 people living in the lower socioeconomic areas had higher mortality rates from cervical cancer—

Honourable senators interjecting—

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