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

It is the government's intention that there will be a GP co-payment from the middle of 2015. This is the government's intention. It is also the government's intention that we will put the legislation into the parliament and we expect that, after appropriate consideration, the parliament will understand that Labor's debt and deficit disaster has to be brought under control and that we need to make Medicare sustainable for the long term. That is what this co-payment is all about—it is about making Medicare sustainable for the long term.

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