Bruce Scott (Maranoa, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I take your ruling. What the former minister said in 2007 is on the public record; it is out there for all to see. What we are debating here is the future of the rebates for private health insurance.

I want to end—and I will leave this message for those opposite—with something that was sent to me by one of my constituents in the town of Kingaroy in the South Burnett, Elyssa Perrett. She wrote:

I would greatly encourage you as an elected representative to stand up for freedom of choice and vote against the removal of this subsidy and encourage others to do so.

I have to be the voice of my constituency. They do not have a voice in here. I am their voice and Elyssa is absolutely right. That would be a reflection of people right across the electorate of Maranoa. I will be voting against this bill. (Time expired)

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