Senator Leyonhjelm’s blistering speech on the Pharmacy Guild and corporate welfare

Senator Leyonhjelm’s blistering speech on the Pharmacy Guild and corporate welfare

July 30, 2015

Did you know that even if you are a fully qualified pharmacist, you have to write a letter to the Health Minister to open a pharmacy, and that other pharmacists who already own business in the area get to decide whether your application will succeed?

In this speech, Senator Leyonhjelm inveighs against the rort that is the Community Pharmacy Agreement.