Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

In relation to the modelling of the program, which I think is really the nub of what you're asking, on page 1 of the media release announcing the policy prior to the election campaign, the modelling shows that three-quarters of practices will be fully bulk billing, and that will take us to nine in ten visits to the GP being bulk billed. That was the clear position that was put out. As I recall, Senator Ruston, you sought to match the policy. Unfortunately, Australians didn't trust you with it.