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

Well, those opposite are opposed to cheaper medicines, they are opposed to investments in bulk-billing and they are opposed to urgent care clinics. Are they just opposed to Medicare? That's the question people want to know. But what we know is Mr Dutton arrogantly puts political battles ahead of helping people. He stands in the way of a more affordable healthcare system after a decade he spent trashing the system. Let's remember, when Mr Dutton was health minister, he tried to get rid of bulk-billing in this country altogether. Honestly, I know you're embarrassed by it. Mr Dutton, as health minister, tried to remove bulk-billing in this country altogether. No amount of shouting over me is going to absolve them of their history because it goes to their character and it goes to their agenda. You are not supporters of Medicare.