Ken Wyatt (Hasluck, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

No they did not. I think you need to go back and read what is in there.

Ms King interjecting—

Let me keep going. That is why the once-in-a-generation review of the Medicare Benefits Schedule is so imperative for Australia. The review is looking at all of the more than 5,700 Medicare items, ensuring they are relevant and effective. This is a prime example of the sensible policymaking that the opposition were too lazy and distracted to achieve in the six years they had in government. To quote the former Labor health minister Nicola Roxon:

Without reform and a careful and methodical approach, the system will cannibalise itself. Because in health there is a continuous clamour for more and more funding with no regard to where the money comes from.

I am proud to be the assistant minister for health in a government committed to improving our health system in a way that Labor never managed to get around to. I am proud to be part of a government that treats the Australian public's health as a priority.

We are digitising our payments scheme, bringing government processes into line with a modern, innovative Australia. This will ensure a more efficient system that processes more than $42 billion worth of payment transactions every year.

I have every faith that the great work of this government in ensuring that every Australian, regardless of circumstances, receives health care will not be drowned out by a few bitter voices from those opposite. And it is interesting, hearing the continuous interjection from the shadow minister—

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