Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL: The changes announced today are about fairness and improving equity and health outcomes for women. Extending cover to injuries suffered by babies during childbirth would mark a significant change to the nature of the cover under the scheme. It would also have an impact on the long-term sustainability of the scheme. Officials have estimated the cost of covering children injured during childbirth to be at least $375 million to $525 million per year. This number is only based on the number of babies who have severe brain injury at birth due to hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, which is just one type of injury suffered during childbirth.