James Stevens (Sturt, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I appreciate the opportunity this motion gives me to talk about the policy implementation of promises the Labor government took to the last election. This motion was moved by a member whose electorate is in New South Wales, I think. So, regrettably, if you're a South Australian you'd be quite humiliated and embarrassed to be serving in a government that, according to this motion, has established bulk billing Medicare urgent-care clinics across the country. Well, I wasn't aware of this; I didn't think any had been established in South Australia. I assumed that I was wrong, so I checked. I went on the website and typed in 'South Australia' in the search function, and it said that no results matched. That's because no urgent-care clinics have been opened in my home state of South Australia, despite the promise that by 1 July 2023 these 58 Medicare urgent-care clinics across the nation would all be open. Now, I believe it is October; I believe it is four months past—

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