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Senator STEELE-JOHN (Western Australia) (12:02): I seek leave to make a short statement of no more than a minute. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator STEELE-JOHN: We have heard from many stakeholders that there is an urgent need for reform to the PBS to ensure that medicines are available and affordable, and an important part of that is the recommendation of the HTA review.

Since the review concluded in 2024, there has been very little action taken. Meanwhile, people are missing out on life-saving medicines because of government inaction. The release of this report is a small part of this, and I have been assured by the government that they will release this report in due course at a time that is in the public interest.

As it will be released soon, the Greens will not be supporting this motion today, in order to allow the government to undertake the necessary processes to ensure this report is released at an appropriate time. We encourage the government to continue communicating openly about the progress of this report and its release date.