Mark Butler (Hindmarsh, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you to the member for Sturt, the first Labor candidate to win the seat of Sturt since the 1960s. As a candidate, the now member for Sturt was one of the most passionate advocates for our women's health policies, joining me at a number of key policy announcements. She was also a campaigner for a stronger Medicare more broadly and, in particular, had her commitment for an urgent care clinic in Adelaide's east.

Last term we promised to deliver 50 urgent care clinics, and we delivered 87 of them. All of them are open seven days a week for extended hours and, importantly, fully bulk-billed. So, all you needed to take was your Medicare card. Already, almost 1.9 million Australians have been seen in an urgent care clinic, a third of them kids under the age of 15 who've fallen off their skateboard or their bike or injured themselves at Saturday afternoon sport. A third of all consultations have been on the weekend. Importantly, the majority of participants—

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