House debates

Tuesday, 2 September 2025

Questions without Notice

Medicare

2:26 pm

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

your Medicare card. I thought that might provoke a reaction. But I did the right thing; I kept the shirt in the office. Our government is committed to strengthening Medicare for all Australians—strengthening it by making medicines cheaper and making them cheaper again; strengthening it through the urgent care clinics, another 50 of which we're going to open, and our $8½ billion investment in bulk-billing; and strengthening it through 1800MEDICARE, a 24/7, bulk-billed telehealth service. Our government is committed to Medicare and strengthening it for all Australians now and into the future.

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