Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The evidence is in what we have already delivered as a government or are delivering: tripling the bulk-billing incentives for children, a benefit to all Australian families and the most vulnerable; helping pensioners and concession card holders; cutting the price of PBS medicines, down from $42.50 to $30; reducing the cost of medicines through 60-day dispensing that will save general medicine patients hundreds of dollars a year—also opposed by the 'no-alition'. We are investing in the healthcare workforce and we are delivering a $1.5 billion boost to indexation of Medicare rebates.

Senator Ruston, I know you hate it. But we are the party of Medicare. We are the party of Medicare, and you are not.