Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

It is very important that we make Medicare sustainable for the long term. That is what we are trying to do. It is very important that we make Medicare sustainable for the long term. What this government will not do is do what members opposite have done for far too long and pretend that we can continue to borrow at unsustainable rates to provide services that simply cannot be afforded.

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