Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Brockman. Key stakeholders have supported the government's reform practice. The AMA president, Michael Gannon, has said:

… the changes will provide better coverage for mental health services and for people in rural and regional Australia.

And:

The framework for positive reform of the private health insurance industry is now in place.

Consumer Health Forum of Australia CEO, Leanne Wells—no relation—said:

The Government's health insurance reforms appear likely to deliver not only lower premium increases in the medium term but hopefully clearer consumer-friendly policies.

I say this because, before Kristina Keneally tells us another lie about what's happening in Bennelong—and the reason I'm stressing Bennelong is that some of Australia's major pharmaceutical and health companies have their base in Bennelong, so I want to make sure that the people of Bennelong have the truth, not the lies that are being peddled by Kristina Keneally. (Time expired)