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

Thanks to Senator Marielle Smith for her question and for her focus on health costs and affordable health care for Australians. She is a member of a government and a party that understands what Medicare is. We understand what Medicare is and, unlike those opposite, we will always work to strengthen Medicare. That is why our government has worked to make medicines cheaper, has worked to increase bulk-billing, has established urgent care clinics to help patients access the care they need and is strengthening Medicare.