Senator FARRELL (South Australia—Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:56): I thank Senator Ruston for her question. You can't automatically or immediately fix the problems that we inherited from your government, particularly from your time in this portfolio, Senator Ruston. But we have started— The PRESIDENT: Senator Ruston, on a point of order? Senator Ruston: I thought the minister might like to correct that. I have never held the health portfolio. The PRESIDENT: That is not a point of order. Senator FARRELL: We can't overnight fix the problems that your government caused after nine years of neglect of Medicare. But we are starting the process of rebuilding the Medicare system, in particular the bulk-billing system. I reject the implication in your question that ordinary Australians are not benefitting by these changes because the reality is that ordinary Australians will benefit by what we are doing. Senator Ruston: Point of order on relevance: it was quite a simple question, and that was the number of people who will benefit from this measure—not the number of people who are eligible, the number of people who will benefit. The PRESIDENT: There was also a quote, and you referenced 13 years and Medicare bulk-billing, which the minister is entitled to address. Senator FARRELL: The centrepiece of our budget in the recent incentives we have introduced was the tripling of the bulk-billing incentive, the largest increase in the incentive in the 40-year history of Medicare. We are going to do what you failed to do; we are going to rebuild the system. If we could click our fingers and fix the system overnight, we would, but unfortunately we can't. This is going to take some time because you and your government did so much damage to the system for so long. We are going to fix it. The PRESIDENT: Senator Ruston, first supplementary?