Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Acting Deputy President. Firstly, just following up from Senator Gallagher—the refusal of the government to allow the Senate to actually disallow this move to cut the ability for patients to have properly bulk-billed pathology tests is a disgrace. You either are prepared to stand by your policy and put it to the test in this chamber or you are not. The fact that you have been to cowardly to do that tonight speaks volumes. Australians, rightly, have rejected this and will so now, I imagine, at the ballot box.

The second issue I wanted to touch on is the absolutely shocking admission by Sophie Mirabella, the former member for Indi in Victoria, who announced that Wangaratta hospital did not get $10 million because, at the last election, voters voted for somebody other than the Liberals. It seems under this government that unless you do what they say the bunny gets it. (Time expired)

Debate adjourned.