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

I thank Senator Ruston for her question on Medicare, one of Australia's great achievements as a nation and, importantly for us on this side of the chamber, one of the great Labor achievements for our country. That is why Labor built Medicare, and that is why the Albanese Labor government has gone about strengthening Medicare. We have made the single largest investment in Medicare since its creation over 40 years ago, an $8½ billion package to deliver more bulk-billing and more doctors so that Australians can see a doctor for free. Australian patients and families will save hundreds of dollars a year.