Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Assistant Minister for Health, Senator Nash. I refer to Prime Minister Abbott's pre-election promise:

We are about getting rid of taxes, not imposing new taxes.

Can the minister confirm that the new $7 GP tax and $5 prescription fee that families will pay are broken promises? Why is this Prime Minister forcing families to pay for his broken promise by making it harder to take children to the doctor and buy the medicine they need?