Thursday, 18 June 2026


Constituency questions

Ashwood electorate


Matt FREGON

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Ashwood electorate

 Matt FREGON (Ashwood) (14:37): (1699) My constituency question is for the Minister for Health in the other place. What I want to know is: how many Smile Squad visits have been made in the Ashwood district since its inception? The reason I want to know this is I was visiting the wonderful Syndal South Primary and Katelyn Joyce, the new principal there – and a shout-out to all the good people down there – and as I was there to talk about some things going forward the Smile Squad was in the car park, and it just got me thinking. There are classes going through every six months to these vans to help kids and to help families; I think it is up to $400 a year that families can potentially save having a Smile squad visit instead of having to find their own dentist. It is just another program that I would say is at risk if others potentially get in and start getting rid of all the back-end people who organise all this work. I really want to know how much is at stake.