Federal Labor Clear Dental Backlog By Establishing A Commonwealth Dental Health Program
Source: Australian Labor Party. Media Release
"A Rudd Labor Government will fund up to one million additional dental consultations for Australians needing dental treatment by establishing a Commonwealth Dental Health Program.
Federal Labor Leader Kevin Rudd today pledged to invest up to $290 million to a Commonwealth Dental Health Program – one of the first programs scrapped by the Howard Government in 1996. This is the first instalment of Labor’s Commonwealth Dental Health Program. "