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

It's important to recognise here that this is about making a difference on the cost of living. The idea that you'd deliberately keep costs to consumers high as a conscious strategy is one that, frankly, I believe is indefensible. That's why it was recommended to those opposite in 2018 that that be the case. The fact is that this is about cheaper medicine for six million Australians, and if those opposite want to stand for more-expensive medicines for six million Australians, then let them know that that is the case. Six million Australians—people in cities, people in regions—will all pay for this policy. Yet again undermining the PBS, yet again pushing up the cost of living for millions of Australians—the Liberal Party never miss a chance to try and make Australians pay more for the health care that they need. They never miss a chance. We on this side will always stand up for help with the cost of living, and we'll always be the party of cheaper medicine as well.

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