Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Ageing, Disabilities and Carers) Share this | Hansard source

Under the current legislation the minister is not required to prepare a report. There is no element of the bill, as it stands, that will ensure that this Senate and the House of Representatives will receive a report that assesses the impact on the PBS or, potentially, on the cost to consumers of changes to the PBS. If this amendment is not carried, we have your word that there will be a report. That is terrific—thank you very much—but I think we need something a bit more substantial than the words that are passed across the chamber in this esteemed place. We will stick to our guns. We will move this amendment and we will be disappointed if you do not support it.