Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

The coalition is investing more than ever in Medicare, because funding is going up each and every year—as I said, from $23 billion this year to $28 billion in 2020-21. More Australians than ever before are seeing their GP without having to pay. The bulk-billing rate for GP consultations nationally during the September quarter was 85.9 per cent, which is significantly higher than it was under Labor. Let me give you the facts. In the September quarter, 85.9 per cent of GP consultations were bulk-billed—