Joanne Ryan (Lalor, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It's clear that the new member for Cook is also from the shire, and I say that with all its permutations. The member for Cook might want to know what Labor are doing rather than have a fantasy about what Labor might do. What are Labor doing? Delivering on cheaper medicines—that's what Labor are doing. It will be $25 for a PBS script from 1 January next year. After already being reduced from its heights in the $40 range down to the $30 range, now it will go down to $25 per script for PBS listed medicines, and there will be a $7.70 limit for concession card holders and pensioners. This is what Labor's doing—addressing the cost of living and making sure that we have a healthier population. That's what Labor's doing. That's what we've done with the urgent care clinics. There is one proudly in the seat of Lalor, on Station Place in Werribee, that has seen over 24,000 presentations, and those presentations have been extraordinary from state to state. We're reducing the cost of medicines. We're increasing bulk-billing. We've tripled that incentive so that we'll get more bulk-billing happening in every GP clinic around the country. It's happening in my electorate now. Suddenly, people are ringing the office to say: 'I went to the doctor. I got bulk-billed. The world is back on its axis.'

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