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

I am not aware of that particular comment, so I will not be commenting on that. What I can say is that our focus on this side of the chamber is on good patient outcomes, on ensuring that we improve the health outcomes for people right across this nation. We have made a decision in relation to this testing—

Senator Cameron interjecting—

I will take Senator Cameron's earlier interjection that we are just letting people die. That is the level of scaremongering we are seeing from the other side. That is what those in the Labor Party will stoop to. We think this is an appropriate measure taken in the context of that $500 million to improve bulk-billing rates only 1.3 per cent, and we will continue to make appropriate decisions for the future of better health outcomes in this nation.