Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Share this | Hansard source

The budget delivers significant investments to secure the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. That'll mean that families right across Australia will get access to the life-changing medicines that they need, at cheaper prices. Our reforms to make medicines cheaper have already saved Australians more than $2.5 billion since 2022.

In this budget, the Albanese government will be pressing on with our work to make medicines cheaper and more accessible. We're continuing new and amended medicines listings on the PBS, including for cystic fibrosis, chronic kidney disease, various cancers and more. We're ensuring free access to the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine for older Australians through the National Immunisation Program and we're delivering measures to increase childhood vaccination rates through an enhanced immunisation campaign, SMS reminders and growing the National Immunisation Program Vaccinations in Pharmacy.