Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

I appreciate that, President. My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Gallagher. Two years ago, the House Standing Committee for Health, Aged Care and Sport completed it's The new frontier report, which made 31 important recommendations to help make it easier for Australians to access new medical technologies like medicines, devices and diagnostics. The inquiry spoke with just about everyone in this space: patients, clinical, health groups and the industry. There were more than 200 submissions and a dozen public hearings around the country. All that work was on a really important issue and yet the government hasn't spoken a single sentence in response. Nobody here wants people to miss out on the life-saving and life-improving technologies they need, but that's what's happening now and it's what the report was about. When can I tell Tasmanians that you will respond to it?