Mr CHAMPION ( Wakefield ) ( 15:42 ): The other day I was in the backyard with my little dog, Baron, and he was running around—all around the backyard—chasing after three tennis balls. Eventually, he got so excited he threw up at my feet. And then there was this pause— Government members interjecting — The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! Mr CHAMPION: There was this slight pause, and his ears went back. There was this look of shame as he ate his own vomit. Now, you cannot blame the dog for this. You cannot blame Baron for doing it because it is in his DNA. Just as it is in Baron's DNA to return to his own vomit, it is in the Liberal Party's DNA on health to attack Medicare—to hate Medicare. It is in their DNA. That is why in the Fraser years, in 1975, they promised to keep Medibank. In 1978 they charged a co-payment of $20. In 1981 they abolished it. In the 1980s Howard called Medicare a 'miserable, cruel fraud.' He promised to pull Medicare right apart. This is the hero of the Liberal Party. Fightback! We remember how Fightback!, on page 7, offered to end bulk billing unless you were a pensioner or a concession card holder—that is, a price signal. It was written in the document, there in black and white. Go and have a look at it. Then, of course, we have Mr Abbott at the last election with Real Solutions. All those opposite went to the election with their little document. There was nothing about a $7 dollar co-payment in there. There was nothing about a $20 co-payment in there. No was nothing about a $5 cut to rebates in there. There was nothing about Medicare at all. But what do we have in government? We have it off again, on again. First, we had the $7 co-payment. And it was not just $7. It was $7 every time you go to a GP; $7 every time you get a scan; $7 every time you get a blood test—seven times seven times seven. That was what it was going to do. If you were diabetic, had asthma or some other recurring problem, you were going to be charged not $7 once but over and over again. Eventually, the penny dropped in the Liberal Party and the panic set in. They worked out that the public was not all that keen on that. So what did they do? They went to the next phase. The next phase was, 'We'll just hack into the doctors' rebate. We'll just hit— Mr Tudge: What has this got to do with the dog vomiting? Mr CHAMPION: I will get to that. I will take that interjection. I will get to that. It is an interesting story. To avoid the Senate, they did it by regulation. They said they would introduce it on 19 January. We all know that that was an attack on fee for service. It was an attack on every general practice in the country. It was going to force GPs to be the bad guys. GPs were going to have to introduce a fee. They were going to have to collect the money. Mr Tudge: What about the vomit? Mr CHAMPION: I will get to that. So what we have is a God-almighty mess. It is in the Liberal Party's DNA. They have been at this for a long time—attacking universal health care, attacking Medibank and attacking Medicare. That is what they do. That is why we have had Prime Minister Abbott on 53 separate occasions saying things such as, 'It is right and proper to have a modest Medicare co-payment.' That was said in question time. He has said these things 53 times, I am informed. He asked 3AW, 'Why isn't it fair enough to have a modest co-payment for Medicare?' This is what the Prime Minister says, and this is why the Liberal Party cannot be believed. The members opposite ask what this has to do with Baron. Well, just like it is in Baron's DNA to go back to his vomit, the Liberal Party are going to come back to this co-payment. They are going to return to it over and over again. You may believe them at the next election when they promise to keep Medicare, but I can bet you this: if they are in government, then in 2016 or 2017 the co-payment will be back and the attacks on Medicare will be back. They have been at this for 30 years. They will do it again. (Time expired)