6 June 2019 - "The wellbeing Budget came out on the day that I had my first treatment in Australia. So on the day that Australia was giving this Kiwi a chance to live longer, New Zealand was saying people like me don't matter," Claudine Johnstone says.

After being diagnosed with stage-four breast cancer almost two years ago, Ms Johnstone had hoped PHARMAC would fund the treatment she needed. She could not could not wait any longer.

Six weeks ago she uprooted her entire family from Dunedin to Australia where she's now receiving the treatment she previously couldn't afford, for free.

"Broken promises" and "lies" are the words Ms Johnstone uses to describe her disappointment with the Labour government she's previously campaigned for after it failed to meaningfully boost funding to PHARMAC in its latest Budget.

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