Kara Cook (Bonner, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Today I want to talk about a clear choice in Australian politics: delivery versus division. In the last two months, Labor has delivered not one but two Medicare urgent care clinics to service my community of Bonner and the surrounding electorates. The Capalaba and Carindale urgent care clinics are now open seven days a week, fully bulk-billed, and taking pressure off our emergency departments. All you need is your Medicare card, not your credit card, to receive quality urgent care, thanks to Labor delivering for all Australians.

This didn't happen by accident; it happened because Labor believes in Medicare, and we're rebuilding it after a decade of neglect by those opposite. While Labor is rolling out urgent care clinics across the country and delivering more bulk-billed GPs and cheaper medicines, those opposite are divided and divisive. They can't agree on a leader, let alone a health policy. Australians deserve better than chaos and culture wars. They deserve care. Labor is strengthening Medicare, expanding urgent care and delivering practical solutions for communities like mine in Bonner. That's the difference: Labor delivers; those opposite divide.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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