Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I would say to that pharmacist that the government wants to work with pharmacies and look at extra services that can be provided in terms of the work that they do. We are talking to the Pharmacy Guild and others through the Community Pharmacy Agreement. We want to support the work of pharmacies, but we don't believe that that should come out of the hip pocket of Australians who are struggling to afford to pay their medicines. That is the point of the reform.

Senator Ruston, who continues to ignore your direction, President, wants to have it both ways. She wants to pretend that the coalition supports the cost-of-living measure and then beat the government up on every other aspect. It is, as usual, so hypocritical.