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

This is from a member of a party that wanted to impose a GP tax. This is from a member of a party that froze indexation so that it became less, not more, affordable for Australians to see a doctor. This is from a shadow minister who used to tell people that Medicare was unsustainable and now wants to have a go at us for actually trying to get 90 per cent of Australians the capacity to see a doctor free of charge—to be bulk-billed. This is the policy of the Ley opposition, that they actually do not want to expand bulk-billing—