Sarah Henderson (Corangamite, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

It's a great pleasure to rise to speak on this MPI, and a good opportunity to set the record straight on a number of misrepresentations and untruths that have just been espoused by the member for Lalor. First of all, this is a member, along with all other members on the other side of this parliament, who told the Australian people that Medicare was going to be privatised—a complete and utter lie. The 'Mediscare' campaign goes down in history as one of the worst lies we've ever seen from Labor.

I say to the Australian people, when you hear Labor members open their mouths and make claims, question whether that could possibly true, because Labor has form. The members open their mouths and it's very hard to know whether the truth is being told. We saw that in spades at the last federal election. That is Labor's way. They don't care what they say. They have no regard for integrity. They will say and do whatever it takes to win. Frankly, the Australian people are sick of that. I want to put very clearly on the record and correct the member for Lalor in relation to the unity ticket on the first four years of education funding.

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