Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:15): This is from a member of a party that wanted to impose a GP tax. This is from a member of a party that froze indexation so that it became less, not more, affordable for Australians to see a doctor. This is from a shadow minister who used to tell people that Medicare was unsustainable and now wants to have a go at us for actually trying to get 90 per cent of Australians the capacity to see a doctor free of charge—to be bulk-billed. This is the policy of the Ley opposition, that they actually do not want to expand bulk-billing— The PRESIDENT: Senator Ruston? Senator Ruston: Your feigned indignation does not answer the question. The PRESIDENT: Senator Ruston, why are you on your feet? Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Gallagher? Senator Gallagher: We have noticed the tactic of the opposition of raising numerous points of order where they just repeat their questions. I wonder whether you could consider that in how you deal with these, because it is apparently just to repeat the questions that they have already asked. Senator Ruston interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Ruston, I haven't called you. Thank you, Minister Gallagher. I did, indeed, remind Senator Ruston to get to the point of order and not repeat the question. In your latest attempt to stand up, Senator Ruston, you didn't even suggest it was a point of order; it was just launching into the politics of it. Across the chamber, everyone needs to think about a point of order and put it in the spirit and the way in which it is described in the standing orders. Senator Ruston. Senator Ruston: On the response to the point of order on direct relevance: I would suggest to you, President, that my points of order have always been on relevance. I apologise for not saying it was raised on relevance. The minister is not going in any way to answering my question. The PRESIDENT: The time that you got to your feet before this time, you simply made a statement; you didn't even mention 'point of order'. The minister is being relevant, and I will ask her to continue with her response. Senator WONG: We talk about indignation. Well, I think there's a fair bit of indignation about an opposition, a coalition party, that has spent so many years trying to unpick and unravel Medicare, that froze bulk-billing and Medicare rebates for six years and that tried to introduce a GP tax, now coming in here and pretending that they care about Medicare. The PRESIDENT: Senator Ruston, second supplementary?