Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

As I referred to previously, we are seeing record levels of bulk-billing under this coalition government. We are a government that is actually delivering for health, which could not be further than the fear and smear campaign we have seen from Labor, sitting on the other side, particularly during the recent election campaign. Last year, a record 123 million out of 145 million GP services were fully funded at no cost to patients.

Senator Cameron interjecting—

You might like to listen, Senator Cameron—at no cost to patients, through Medicare. Under the coalition, the number of Australians accessing Medicare-funded GP services increased by nearly half a million to 20.9 million last year, which just shows that what we saw from those opposite in the Labor Party during the election campaign around health was nothing more than a scare campaign designed to put fear into the Australian people.