Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:37): The Leader of the Opposition has asked me to repeat something. Let me repeat this: … there's a better way of operating a health system, and the change should hardly hurt at all. As economists have shown, the ideal model involves a small co-payment—not enough to put a dent in your weekly budget, but enough to make you think twice before you call the doc. And the idea is hardly radical. Why is the Leader of the Opposition embarrassed by this? Mr Shorten: Madam Speaker, on a point of order— The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will resume his seat. On a point of order, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Shorten: I am embarrassed for our Prime Minister; that is all. In terms of what I asked the Prime Minister— The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order. What is the point of order? Mr Shorten: The point of order is on relevance, of course, Madam Speaker. The SPEAKER: Well, not 'of course'. Mr Shorten: I asked him about the GP tax and what he said last week. Why does this Prime Minister find it so hard to say the same thing two weeks in a row? The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has completed his point. The Prime Minister has the call. Mr ABBOTT: I was asked about the co-payment and I am answering about the co-payment. Let me repeat: … there's a better way of operating a health system, and the change should hardly hurt at all. As economists have shown, the ideal model involves a small co-payment—not enough to put a dent in your weekly budget, but enough to make you think twice before you call the doc. And the idea is hardly radical. Mr Champion interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Wakefield will desist! Mr ABBOTT: It is hardly radical, because it is the shadow Assistant Treasurer. That is the shadow Assistant Treasurer. Government members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Those on my right will desist as well! Mr ABBOTT: Why wouldn't the shadow Assistant Treasurer have said this, because the father of the co-payment was none other than— Mr Bowen: Madam Speaker, on a point of order on relevance: the question was about what the Prime Minister said last week, not what the member for Fraser said— The SPEAKER: There is no point of order. Resume your seat. You know perfectly well there is only one point of order on relevance permitted per question, and it had already been taken. Government members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Those on my right will desist! The Prime Minister has the call. Mr ABBOTT: I congratulate the shadow Assistant Treasurer! But, while what he said was right, it was hardly original. It was hardly original because the father of the co-payment was none other than Prime Minister Bob Hawke himself—none other than Bob Hawke himself. Now, Bob Hawke was a real leader. Bob Hawke was a real reformer. This man is no Bob Hawke. This is right and fair and proper, and that is why it will happen under this government.