Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

The drought has broken. This is the first question on health since 5 September last year—nine months without a question. They say they are interested in health, but it has been nine months without a question. I think Medibank Private are good guys—very good guys indeed. They provide private health insurance to something like three million Australians—very good guys indeed. But I say that they will do an even better job in the future than they have done in the past. I commend the privatisation to members opposite.

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