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

I said that there would be no cuts to health, and health spending goes up every year. I think members opposite might have some problems finding any statement by me in the election campaign to the effect that there would never be a co-payment, because co-payments are part of our health system. Thanks to members opposite, co-payments are a part of our system. Bob Hawke was the father of the Medicare co-payment, the shadow Assistant Treasurer was the brother of the co-payment and the member for Jagajaga there was perhaps the stepgodmother of the co-payment. She certainly authored the report that led to it.

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