Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Deputy Leader of the Opposition for her question. It is true that I do not live in regional Australia. I live in Australia's largest inland city—the one we are in right now, Canberra. It's true that, like the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, all of us in this chamber live a life of relative privilege, compared with the people that we represent. That is right. It's precisely why we need to do whatever we can to look after people and to address cost-of-living pressures. It's why the 60-day dispensing is aimed precisely at that and precisely at making sure that, instead of having to go twice to the pharmacy—once on day 30 and once on day 60—you go once. If you go once, you are cutting the price literally in half as well as taking pressure off the medical system by having fewer journeys to the doctor.

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