Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for her question. I remind the honourable member that my government is spending more money on health than ever before. This financial year, we will invest $71.4 billion in health, including $18 billion to help fund the public hospitals run by the states and territories. And that includes an additional $2.9 billion for public hospital services from 2017-18 to 2019-20. We are committed to a strong public health system generously funded, well administered, working with the states and territories always to ensure that we get the maximum outcome in terms of health for Australians from the investment of the public funds for which we are responsible.

The honourable members opposite, as we know, disgracefully, dishonestly, exploited the concerns of older Australians in particular about Medicare with their shocking Medicare lie.

Mr Albanese interjecting—

I heard the member for Grayndler say, 'Here they come!' You see, for them, truth does not matter. That is the side that sent out a text message to millions of Australians, saying it was from Medicare—and they did not think there was anything wrong with that! What dishonesty! Imagine if that had been done by a bank or a corporation—Senator Dastyari would be right after them, he would be on fire.

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