Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Share this | Hansard source

I do have some Tasmanian colleagues suggesting that we should perhaps not see it as a competition between places, but of course we acknowledge that it is important to raise availability and access to health care right across the country. It's why we are making the largest ever investment in Medicare. We recognise that, under the previous government, bulk-billing was in freefall and people's access to Medicare was compromised by the cuts that were made by that government—by their determination to remove resources from our health system. We back public health care. We back the health needs of Australians, and I tell you what: Australians know who is on their side when it comes to health. We will continue to invest in Medicare and continue to expand access to Medicare for all Australians.