Matt Smith (Leichhardt, Australian Labor Party) | Hansard source

Parliament's very dangerous, Bas. I woke up and a bit of my career had disappeared. The scary thing was not the injury. The scary thing was not the rehab. The scary thing was not being unable to lift a one pound weight. The scary thing was the bill—hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars. Putting me to sleep and waking me up alone cost my university $120,000. If I had been forced to pay for that, if my parents had been forced to pay for that, we would still be paying it off today. There is zero chance of us being able to clear that debt. I was lucky because I was injured in the course of fulfilling my duties to my school.

Last week, I had to get some more scans done, this time in Cairns. Don't let this fool you. I'm being held together by hope and duct tape. It was free, completely bulk-billed. The follow-up consultation was completely bulk-billed, and that is the pride of Australia. There is a reason that the Medicare card is green and gold. It's because of who we are—

An honourable member interjecting—

I can show you them if you like. My back's out. It's a complete mess.

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