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

Thanks to the Albanese Labor government, PBS medicines are now the cheapest that they've been for 20 years. The last time they were this cheap was 2004. That is a 20 per cent cut in the maximum cost of medicines under the PBS. And it means that Australians will save around $200 million a year. But, if the Liberals and the Nationals and One Nation had their way, the maximum PBS general patient co-payment would have been more than $50 in 2026. Under those opposite—they're all very quiet—families right across the country would have been paying twice as much as they are paying now.

Again, you can't help but notice the emerging theme. Under the Albanese Labor government, medicines are cheaper. There are free Medicare urgent care clinics and more and more bulk-billing practices. Under those opposite, you'd need to take out some kind of bizarre timeshare subscription to see a GP.