Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

We promised 50 Medicare urgent care clinics at the election, and we've delivered 87 around Australia. Over one million patients have walked through the door of a Medicare UCC and received the free urgent care they need instead of waiting hours in a busy hospital emergency department. A re-elected Albanese government will build on its historic investment in Medicare to expand the availability of free urgent care with a $644 million commitment to open another 50 Medicare urgent care clinics, with more clinics in every state and territory, including the Northern Territory.