Thursday, 22 February 2024

Southern Metropolitan Region

David DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan) (12:36): (690) My matter is for the attention of the Minister for Health or the Treasurer. Perhaps it is better for the Treasurer in this particular case, although it affects both portfolios. It concerns the GP tax that the state government has introduced, the payroll tax that has been put on GPs and primary care. It is extraordinary. It is impacting bulk-billing. I notice the calculations done by HotDoc and the Primary Care Business Council in the Australian released today. I want the state government to release, via the Treasury, calculations about two factors: the impact in terms of revenue collected in my region of Southern Metropolitan Region and specifically the spill of primary care patients and GP patients to emergency departments at Monash, the Alfred and Box Hill, the surrounding hospitals.