Stirling Griff (SA, Nick Xenophon Team) Share this | Hansard source

Is the minister aware of failures using a fit-for-purpose assessment for new prosthesis applications? For instance, is the minister aware that the Johnson & Johnson ASR hip replacement, the cause of the largest recall in Australia to date, which I believe was a class action in Australia alone of in excess of $250 million, was initially approved as a comparative device before failing spectacularly? How will the government avoid the repeat of such a disaster?