Kerry Bartlett (Macquarie, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In the remaining time I would like to respond briefly to the speech by the member for Scullin about the Medicare safety net. The Medicare safety net has significantly reduced medical expenses for people in my electorate. Constituents have relayed to me their appreciation for the existence of the safety net and expressed their fears that a future Labor government might somehow remove that safety net. I have to say that the speech by the member for Scullin substantiates those fears. I call on the Labor Party to categorically state their support for the Medicare safety net, which is reducing medical expenses for people throughout my electorate and indeed throughout the country.

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! It being 9.30 pm, the debate is interrupted.