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

I suppose they can spend $1 billion on the ATO to raise $10 billion! That is the kind of ouzo economics that we have come to expect from members opposite. When it comes to the subject of Medicare, this Prime Minister intends to be the best friend that Medicare has ever had, as I was as health minister. We are determined to protect a sustainable Medicare for our future. We are determined to protect bulk-billing for vulnerable people. As members opposite know, the Minister for Health is consulting broadly with the medical profession, and we will have more to say in due course.

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