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Budget 2024
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Finance Minister: ‘Health is always a first priority’

Nicola Willis grilled at select committee on why Budget 2024 did not fund 13 new cancer drugs.

Illustration: Michael Hickmott.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis says health is always a number one priority, as she fielded questions about the decision not to allocate funds in the latest Budget for 13 new cancer drugs.

Willis appeared at the Finance and Expenditure select committee with Treasury officials today, as part of

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Jonathan Mitchell Wed, 19 Jun 2024
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