House debates Questions to the Speaker

Medicare

Thursday, 11 May 2006 House of Representatives

Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Manager of Opposition Business in the House

3:09 pm

Mr Speaker, I have a question to you. I am concerned that under the name of the Minister for Health and Ageing there appears today, on the Liberal Party website, material advertising the Medicare safety net thresholds as they were before the minister broke his rock solid, ironclad guarantee to the community. Given the clear capacity for that to mislead members of the public, could you investigate and have this matter rectified?

David Hawker

David Hawker Speaker

I thank the Manager of Opposition Business but I think she would be aware that I do not believe that the response to that question lies within the responsibility of the Speaker.