Aaron Violi (Casey, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I'll take the interjections. If it's been resolved, that's fantastic and that's a great result. I'm very happy to say it's been resolved. I'm really happy with that. That's a great result for Australian people and those 15,000 families. It is wonderful to hear that.

Labor went to the election with the promise of cheaper medicine. It looks like that has been resolved. I'll continue to hold the government to account to make sure they are, but I'm happy to put my hand up and say that if those facts are wrong, they're wrong. I'll give the government credit and give the minister credit: he listened and he changed. That's what I think we need to do in this House. As an opposition we need to hold the government to account, but we also need to say when the minister listened and changed his mind. I applaud him for that. I'll continue, as I said, to hold the government to account on their broken promises because it is significant with rising cost-of-living pressures. This is the time that we need to look after the PBS.

As I said, Australians are doing it tough at the moment, and rising prices are affecting all Australians. This bill does support the sustainability of the PBS. I'm glad that this medicine is continuing to be on the PBS. We need to continue to support the sustainability of the system. I will do that whenever I can, along with the coalition, with our strong track record on the sustainability and integrity of this scheme.

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