Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Assistant Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

Can I say at the outset that perhaps the Greens have not been listening to what the coalition government has been saying. We have stated very, very clearly that we will be consulting with the sector, including the very doctor that the Greens senator has just referred to. I can tell you, Mr President, that one thing everybody, across the medical sector, across our communities, including our rural communities, and the coalition government, agree on is that the Medicare system and the health system in this country need to be sustainable. This government have been very clear that, unlike the previous Labor government, we actually have a plan to go forward and make sure that we have health services—