Senator McCARTHY (Northern Territory—Minister for Indigenous Australians) (14:42): This from a shadow health minister who didn't want to believe, and didn't believe, that Medicare was sustainable. I'm not too sure, but what I can confirm to the Senate is that, six months before the last election, the financial viability of general practice was in serious trouble after the coalition's six-year freeze on Medicare rebates that started when Peter Dutton was health minister. The PRESIDENT: Senator Ruston, second supplementary?
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