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

The bottom line is this. That we are living here in Australia, in this parliament and in this government, with scarce resources. What we need to do is to ensure that we live within our means and that we deploy the taxpayers' funds available to us to achieve the best health outcome for all Australians. That is what we are doing—constantly investing, constantly improving, defending Medicare and standing up for our public health system.

The Labor Party on the other hand peddled the most outrageous lies in the election campaign.

Mr Dreyfus interjecting—

Oh, yes, they laugh. Oh look, it is so funny. Oh a Queen's Counsel. Think of that one of her Majesty's counsel, learned in the law, the member for Isaacs thinks telling lies is funny. That is what he said. He thinks it is so funny.

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