Mr TRUSS (Wide Bay—Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development) (14:43): What I cannot get over about the Leader of the Opposition is his double standards. I know that he sets one rule for others— Ms Macklin interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Jagajaga will desist! Mr TRUSS: and Labor behave a different way themselves. When Labor were in government, it was quite acceptable for there to be a co-payment on pharmaceuticals. When Labor were in government, they were happy to send market signals that we needed to make sure that we could manage future demand in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Ms King interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Ballarat will desist! Mr TRUSS: Over $30 was the market signal for people not on benefit cards, and even for those that were on benefit cards there was a $6 market signal. Why is it acceptable to pay $6 for a bottle of pills but $7 to visit a doctor is unacceptable? The Labor Party are so full of double standards that any commentary they want to make on health issues is simply not worth listening to. Their dishonesty, their unwillingness to accept the fact that what we have to do is make sure that our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is affordable in the future—that was a philosophy that they supported when they were in government. Dr Chalmers interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Rankin will remember that he is warned! Mr TRUSS: Now that they are in opposition, they do not think it is important to make sure that the Medicare scheme is sustainable. Now that they are in opposition they do not care about how we as a nation are going to manage to deal with our responsibilities to older Australians and those who are sick and disabled into the future. What we have is a budget plan that will help ensure— Mr Burke interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Watson will desist! Mr TRUSS: that health costs are sustainable for the future and that all Australians can expect to have the support from their government when they need it.