Joe Hockey North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer
2:53 pm
I am advised about one per cent in year one.
Ms King interjecting—
One per cent in year one. The bottom line is, yes, we are asking Australians to contribute to the costs of Medicare to go to the doctor—absolutely. As Paul Keating said, in this place, at this dispatch box, when he was the Treasurer and when the Labor Party bumped up the contribution in relation to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme, the fundamental fact is that if we want to make sure that these things are sustainable, we have to make a contribution.
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