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

In May last year, the Australian people voted for a government that would stand up for public health care and for the principle of universal health care. We made that commitment to the Australian people, and we're keeping it. The Albanese Labor government has delivered the largest ever investment in the history of Medicare. Since our investment started on November 1, there are now 3,200 Medicare bulk-billing practices nationwide. Over 1,200 of those clinics were previously mixed billing. It makes such a difference. It means more people will be able to see a GP and fewer people will have to resort to sitting in their local emergency department. That is what delivering for Australians actually looks like. So, while those on the other side have spent all this time entirely focused on themselves, we have been focused on the needs of the Australian people.