Mr TIM WILSON (Goldstein) (15:51): Deary me, it's Thursday afternoon, and we know what it's like. It's the end of a sitting period—two weeks. The call goes out from the whip's office or the Leader of the Opposition, saying, 'Can somebody come up with a subject that this opposition can talk about that's a matter of public interest?' They scratch around, looking under every surface, speaking to every shadow minister, who is visionless with any possible policy. They turn around to the shadow minister who has to deal with housing and say, 'Could we do a matter of public importance on housing?' Then someone says, 'Actually, we can't do that, because we're actually proposing a policy that would lead to 42,000 fewer homes being built and housing becoming a shortfall.' Then they scratch around and they say, 'What about if we take concern for senior Australians?' Then they go: 'No, actually we've got another problem. We're going around and raiding people's full tax refunds.' So they can't do that. Eventually they get to the member for Ballarat, our favourite shadow minister, the shadow minister for health. She says: 'I know. I've got a brilliant idea. Let's do a matter of public importance on this government's five-year record on Medicare.' And they think it's genius, because they start by saying we should be afraid of the campaign they ran at the last election. We all know that at the last election the opposition lied. They lied big time. The opposition lied. And what we have— The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Mr Hogan ): The member for Wakefield on a point of order. Mr Champion: Deputy Speaker, the member for Goldstein used an unparliamentary term, and I'd ask him to withdraw it. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Yes, I concur. I ask the member for Goldstein to withdraw. Mr Zimmerman: On the point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker: the member for Goldstein was not referring to any individual member of parliament. He was referring to an organisation, and I don't think it's unparliamentary to use that language unless it's specifically directed against one of our parliamentary colleagues. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: I take the member for North Sydney's point, but I ask the member for Goldstein to withdraw. Mr TIM WILSON: I shall withdraw and say that the opposition perpetuated mistruths, misinformation, to mislead the Australian people—if that would be a satisfactory answer. That is at the heart of everything they're doing in this matter of public importance and everywhere else. We know the record over the past five years of this government. The record is quite clear. We have record rates of Medicare bulk-billing. More Australians than ever before are accessing bulk-billing. If that's a record of failure to those opposite, I'd hate to see what a record of success is. What this opposition has done is misled the Australian people at every point. We know there is more federal funding for public hospitals under this government—up from $13.3 billion to $22.7 billion nationwide. We know that the GP bulk-billing rate has gone up to 86.1 per cent, from 82.2 per cent in Labor's last year in government. Apparently, that was a success that they were prepared to own. But, when you increase it and deliver more for the Australian people, they declare it a failure somehow. They have the most appalling metrics. But as the previous speaker, the member for Macarthur, mentioned—and I know within his heart he means well. Unfortunately, he has to sit on the other side of this parliament and parrot the lines that were given to him by the member for Ballarat. He has to repeat the narrative, even if it is baseless. I know he wrestles with the fact that, under this government, there have been 1,900 medicines listed on the PBS, which equates to one new medicine every day, because I know in his heart he actually does care. But it isn't just about the past; it's also about the future, while we watch the comedy that rolls out in front of us. We have 30 new MRI licences to support more than— Dr Freelander: Mr Speaker, a point of order: I was not given any lines. The lines were all my own work. So the point of order is on truth. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: That's not a point of order. The member will resume his seat. Mr TIM WILSON: What this government is also doing is issuing new MRI licences so that people in communities can get the support and assistance that they need. They will benefit more than 400,000 patients. I'd particularly like to acknowledge the new licence at Monash Children's Hospital in Clayton in Victoria, in very close proximity to— (Time expired)