Senator FIERRAVANTI-WELLS (New South Wales—Minister for International Development and the Pacific) (14:42): I thank Senator Duniam for the question. The Turnbull government has a rock-solid commitment to Medicare. We are committed to ensuring all Australians have access to high-quality health care. Only this week, the Minister for Health announced that more Australians than ever have been seeing their GP without paying and that bulk-billing rates for GP consultation nationally are up to almost 86 per cent. That's a lot higher than the 82 per cent when you lot were last in government. Of course, let me use an example: in the seat of Bennelong, the billing rates are 88.5 per cent. Notwithstanding this level, that hasn't stopped Bill Shorten, the Leader of the Opposition, and his girl, Kristina Keneally, going out there, pushing lies about Medicare. Of course, that's not the only lie. The PRESIDENT: Senator Hanson-Young, on a point of order. Senator Hanson-Young: I ask the minister to reflect on the wording 'his girl'. I'm not sure it's appropriate. The PRESIDENT: A request of a minister is not necessarily a point of order. Senator FIERRAVANTI-WELLS: Senator Hanson-Young, considering they were the words that Bill Shorten used the other day, I'm only quoting him. Instead of coming in here with crocodile tears, you ought to read the news a little bit more. Recently, we saw her allegedly telling us that she had to wait for more than an hour at the Medicare office in Top Ryde. Fact: data from the Department of Human Services showed that, in the week before the October long weekend, there was not a single person who waited over an hour at the centre for that week she claimed that she had an hour-long wait on. Not one person. The average wait was 13 minutes. And this is, of course, on top of the other lie that she's been telling us about the closing down of the Eastwood Medicare office. That was a decision of the former Labor government in 2009. (Time expired) Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order on my left! Senator Dastyari, Senator Collins, Senator Cameron—we can go through the alphabet backwards! Senator Duniam, a supplementary question?