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

Me, intolerant? I said at the Senate estimates committee hearing last week that I will listen very carefully to the views of people who have concerns about the access card, and I have—in between Senator Stott Despoja helping me with homework back in Perth. I said that we want to have a robust Senate committee hearing process on this. I have already met with Professor Fels. I met today with Mr Puplick, who is looking into all these issues and advising me on these issues. I want to make sure that the card does what it is designed to do: make sure people get their Medicare payments and that the right people get them, make sure people get their Centrelink payments, make sure people get their Veterans’ Affairs payments. We will ensure that it is a robust system and that people get access to it, and that privacy is protected. (Time expired)