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senate vote 2017-08-10#3
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Title
Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders- Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Public dental care
Description
<p class="speaker">Richard Di Natale</p><p>Before I move my amendment, I indicate my office is happy to give Senator Williams a brief on the dental issues that he so misrepresented there. He clearly needs to—</p>-
- The majority voted in favour of an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2017-08-10.29.4) to an [original motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2017-08-10.24.1), which means it was successful.
- ### Amendment text
- > *Omit subparagraphs (b)(i) to (iii), substitute:*
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- >> *(i) has cut $300 million dollars a year from the National Partnership Agreement on adult dental health, drastically reducing access to public dental care for the many Australians who rely on these services,*
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- >> *(ii) has cynically cut funding to the Child Dental Benefits Scheme by $300 per child last year, in an appalling attempt to ‘balance the budget’ off the back of dental care for disadvantaged Australian children, until the Senate forced them to back track; and*
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- > *(c) calls on the Government to urgently end its sustained attack on public dental care and restore the much-needed funding, to ensure Australians have access to the care they need.*
- ### Original motion
- > *That the Senate—*
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- > *(a) notes that:*
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- >> *(i) this week is the Australian Dental Association's Dental Health Week,*
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- >> *(ii) this year's theme is Oral Health for Busy Lives,*
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- >> *(iii) 16 per cent of Australians say they don't visit a dentist because they are too busy, and 65 per cent of Australians have not visited the dentist in more than two years, and*
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- >> *(iv) essential oral hygiene and preventive habits, such as brushing and flossing, should be a priority of all Australian adults; and*
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- > *(b) further notes that the Australian Government:*
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- >> *(i) is providing the states and territories with $320 million for adult public dental services through a national partnership agreement from July 2016,*
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- >> *(ii) funds the Child Dental Benefits Schedule which allows eligible children to access up to $1,000 worth of check-ups and treatments every two years, covering a range of preventive and basic treatment services, and*
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- >> *(iii) is funding the Royal Flying Doctor Service to deliver new mobile dental outreach services in rural and regional Australia.*
<p class="speaker">Gavin Marshall</p><p>Senator Di Natale, you are just moving your motion, thank you.</p> <p class="speaker">Richard Di Natale</p><p>I am happy to move my motion. I move the amendment to the motion, as circulated in the chamber:</p><p class="italic">Omit subparagraphs (b)(i) to (iii), substitute:</p><p class="italic">(i) has cut $300 million dollars a year from the National Partnership Agreement on adult dental health, drastically reducing access to public dental care for the many Australians who rely on these services,</p><p class="italic">(ii) has cynically cut funding to the Child Dental Benefits Scheme by $300 per child last year, in an appalling attempt to ‘balance the budget’ off the back of dental care for disadvantaged Australian children, until the Senate forced them to back track; and</p><p class="italic">(c) calls on the Government to urgently end its sustained attack on public dental care and restore the much-needed funding, to ensure Australians have access to the care they need.</p> <p class="speaker">James McGrath</p><p>I seek leave to make a short statement?</p> <p class="speaker">Gavin Marshall</p><p>Leave is granted for one minute.</p> <p class="speaker">James McGrath</p><p>The government opposes this amendment and notes that in the 2017-18 budget the government added $163.6 million to the Child Dental Benefits Schedule, meaning three million children will be able to access up to $1,000 work of check-ups and treatments every two years. The supporters of this amendment should be the last to question the levels of public dental funding in Australia, given in 2012 Labor cut $1 billion from Medicare for dental services and means-tested it, removing the Chronic Disease Dental Scheme.</p> <p class="speaker">Gavin Marshall</p><p>The question is that the motion to amend motion No. 410 be agreed to.</p> -
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