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

The biggest risk to the Australian health system is Mr Dutton and the Liberals. We know that because of Mr Dutton's record. We know what he's done before. Mr Dutton cut $50 billion from public hospitals. He tried to abolish bulk-billing altogether. He tried to jack up medicine prices. He tried to make everyone pay a fee every time they went to an emergency department. When he couldn't get his GP tax through, he froze Medicare rebates. Mr Dutton said to Australians that not enough of them were paying to go to the doctor. Then we had Senator Ruston who said, 'Medicare is not sustainable.' Australian doctors don't trust Mr Dutton. That's why they said he was the worst health minister in Medicare history, so why would Australians trust him? Australians know they'll be worse off under— (Time expired)