Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The government does believe there should be a modest co-payment on visits to GPs. That has been absolutely crystal clear for some time now. Former Prime Minister Hawke was the father of the Medicare co-payment; the member for Jagajaga was the mother of the Medicare co-payment; the member for Fraser is the son of the Medicare co-payment.

Ms Macklin interjecting—

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