Ian Campbell (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

They are a rabble, a very noisy rabble. They squeal and squirm when the hypocrisy and the division within the Labor Party are exposed. I suggest that they do as my colleagues have done and get behind an initiative which will cut billion of dollars from welfare fraud. The coalition want to ensure we have strong economic management. You could not have that under Labor because they are all over the place on the delivery of welfare and health services. They want to turn a blind eye to welfare fraud. That want to turn a blind eye to Medicare fraud. They want to ignore the views of the Federal Police Commissioner who says that the Medicare card, as it is currently constructed, underpins billions of dollars worth of fraud. Labor want to turn a blind eye to it.

If people want their Medicare services delivered on time, if they want their Centrelink payments on time, we will make sure they get them. We will also ensure that the fraudsters, and the Medicare fraudsters, are kicked out of the system. Labor are the friends of the fraudsters. They should get behind the access card. They are the friends of the fraudsters. They should get behind—