Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

But, like any other union, sometimes they don't get it right, because they're advocating for their members. We are in constructive discussions with them. I want to see pharmacies thrive, but I'll tell you who else I care about besides the person who's the pharmacist: I care about the person who goes into the pharmacy. I care about the six million Australians who will benefit from cheaper medicines. That's what I care about. The logic that says that someone who has a permanent condition who will need a particular drug for the rest of their lives—be it for diabetes or a heart condition or other conditions—who can get a prescription for 60 days rather than 30 days should pay twice as much and should go twice as often to the doctor is, quite frankly, absurd. The reason why it was recommended to the former government, in which the member served as the Deputy Prime Minister for a little while before that terrible movie had a sequel, Barnaby Joyce II—

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