The Department of Human Services tempered the disappointment of those behind plans for a new Bendigo refuge for women and children fleeing violence by saying the project remained at the top of its funding list.

While such news is welcome, it also begs the question... how did something at the top of a funding list not get funded?

The DHS said the refuge was never reliant on the State Budget.  This begs another question: If the refuge is not reliant on State Budget funding, why was it put before the Budget estimates for the first time this year? That doesn't make sense.

As we said on Tuesday, this project should be built and it's time the State Government got serious with a parcel of land it's owned for five years and completed a feasibility study on way back in 2011.

The second response was from Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton in response to the plight of six-year-old Goornong cystic fibrosis sufferer Amelia McCrohan.

Mr Dutton's office issued a statement that although he was sympathetic to the plight of Amelia and all those families affected by serious illness, it would be inappropriate for him to set aside Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee recommendations in favour of his own.

Sorry, that's exactly why a health minister holds office - to right obvious wrongs.

Here we have a family who believes under the conditions imposed on PBS Scheme assistance for the drug Kalydeco, their daughter must get far sicker before she can get help - still doesn't make any sense and you would think a health minister would be quick to fix that.