Click to view full size

INDEPENDENT Senator Dr Desiree Murray says the health minister should not have the final decision on which applications to the Children's Life Fund (CLF) are approved and which are not.

Murray said the CLF should be part of a larger framework to improve the local health care system to the extent that the fund is no longer needed.

She made these comments in her maiden contribution in the Senate on June 23, in the debate on the CLF Amendment Bill 2025.