Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr President; I have already answered the question. If you look at the budget paper, you will see it is in relation to an indexation pause for dental and allied health provider fees.

As I was saying, the Australian Labor Party did not take a policy to the last election—what we are doing is this $12.1 billion in relation to this portfolio. And I look at what has happened in relation to support for veterans: some $40,650 per veteran, which is an increase. Under the Australian Labor Party, there was a decline of three per cent per—