Helen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to speak on the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2016. Labor welcomes the indexation of the income thresholds below which Australians do not pay the Medicare levy or the Medicare levy surcharge. This is a regular process that ensures that the most vulnerable Australians are not disadvantaged, while maintaining their access to Medicare. While Labor can support this bill we remain determined to ensure that we will always oppose the Turnbull government's broader and disastrous attacks on Australia's health care system, such as Malcolm Turnbull keeping Tony Abbott's $57 billion cuts to hospitals—