Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Minister for Rural Health) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much. If the senator's question is in context of the budget, then of course I am not going to speculate on anything that may or may not be in the budget this evening.

In mental health, it is actually this side of the chamber that is focused on doing this. Those opposite know very, very well that last year there was a comprehensive strategy brought forward that is changing the way we are dealing with mental health in this country. Those opposite think that a Canberra based silo approach to mental health is appropriate. We do not. That is why we have put the work in and the mental health program that we are going to run out through the Primary Health Networks is going to be based—