Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:29): I say in response to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition what I have said in response to numerous questions over the last few months—that is, if it is right and proper to have a modest co-payment for access to Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme drugs, it is surely right and proper to have a modest co-payment for access to Medicare Members opposite know that it makes sense to have a modest Medicare co-payment— Mr Champion interjecting— Mr ABBOTT: because the former Prime Minister Bob Hawke actually introduced a modest Medicare co-payment. Mr Champion interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Wakefield is warned! Mr ABBOTT: The member for Lingiari and the—I cannot remember his seat; he used to be the member for Reid—they voted in this parliament for a modest co-payment back in the early 1990s. So members opposite know that there is a very strong case for a co-payment— Mr Burke: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The question goes to when the Prime Minister told the Australian people. The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister has concluded his answer.