(1)   Is he aware of the community campaign in Wollongong to have the Government allocate an MRI licence to Wollongong Hospital.

(2)   Will he list the occasions his office and department have communicated with constituents and community groups in the electoral division of (a) Cunningham and (b) Throsby, including details of the identity of the correspondent and the date and mode of correspondence (ie letter, facsimile, and email), concerning the allocation of an MRI licence to Wollongong Hospital.

(1)   I am aware of the community campaign in Wollongong to extend Medicare eligibility to the MRI unit at Wollongong Hospital.

(2)   My Office and my Department have responded to many representations from constituents and community groups regarding the extension of Medicare eligibility to the MRI unit at the Wollongong Hospital.  For privacy reasons, I do not feel that it is appropriate to list every such communication.         I should point out that there is a Medicare eligible MRI machine within Wollongong located less than 500 metres from the hospital and that the state government is responsible for the provision of MRI services to public patients in public hospitals.