Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

For instance, what they said over the decade when that number was quoted was that in the last couple of years it's actually underneath that, so underneath what the cost hikes were by those opposite. Not only that he has failed to go to the final point, which is that 3.2 per cent out-of-pocket expenses have come down in the two years since those reforms have been in place. So why did you leave off that part of the statement by the deputy secretary, Ros Baxter, in Senate estimates? Because it did not suit your argument. You will not comprehend or understand that they've been in place for two years and have led to 3.2 per cent reduction in out-of-pocket expenses. If you're being honest, you should have quoted the full statement.

Mr Rob Mitchell interjecting—

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