Victorian Greens
Party policy · Healthcare
Free public dental system; save VicHealth
Sourced, pending editorial review. Policies are summarised from each party's official material and independent sources captured on 10 November 2026. Summaries were compiled by automated research and have not yet been checked by a human editor — open the cited source to confirm.
What is being promised
Create a public dental system free for all Victorians, keep VicHealth and expand community health services.
How it is intended to work
Public dental funded by a tax on gambling corporations; expanded community health.
Who may be affected
- Patients
- Gambling companies
- Community health services
- Announced cost
- Not stated on the source page
- Funding mechanism
- Tax on gambling corporations
- Proposed timeline
- Not stated on the source page
- Says it will create a public dental system for all Victorians, paid for by taxing gambling corporations.
- Says it will save VicHealth and expand community health services.
- The Auditor-General reported (2019) that public dental funding covered only about 25% of eligible people, based on 2016 data.
Important uncertainties
- No published Parliamentary Budget Office costing was found as at 10 Nov 2026.
Positions on key approaches
Public dental care should be free for all Victorians.
Supports. Free public dental for all.
Hospital capacity should be expanded to cut waiting times.
Partly. Focuses on community health to take pressure off hospitals.
Payroll tax on GP clinics should be removed.
No documented position. No position found in captured sources.