Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

) ( ): Beyond listing close to 1,500 new medications on the PBS, we are investing more than ever in Medicare, with funding going from $23 billion in 2017-18 to $28 billion in 2021. We have also removed Labor's Medicare freeze and have committed $1 billion to restoring the indexation of the Medicare rebate. Contrary to the lies being peddled by Mr Shorten, and being parroted by Ms Keneally, we are delivering record funding for public hospital services. Since 2012-13, funding for hospitals in Bennelong, like Macquarie Hospital and Ryde Hospital, has increased by 66 per cent. This means more hospital services, more doctors and more nurses for the people of Bennelong. Compare this to the fact that waiting times for elective surgery blew out at Ryde Hospital when Ms Keneally was Premier.