• Health Reform Priorities from Victoria

    Fran Thorn     |      December 21, 2009

    I attend today on behalf of the Health Minister to provide some opening comments on national health reform.

    I want to commence by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Koolan nation. I would also like to pay my respects to their elders past and present.

    The subject of health reform is one of undoubted national and state significance. Indeed this congress, including its location and the breadth and seniority of the attendance today bears testament to the importance being placed on it.