Mr BUTLER (Hindmarsh—Minister for Health and Aged Care and Deputy Leader of the House) (14:19): I thank the member for Jagajaga for her question. She knows that 77,000 taxpayers in her electorate will benefit from legislation we have put before the parliament right now, to be debated again this afternoon and this evening, which will mean every single one of those taxpayers will get a tax cut on 1 July, not some of them, as was the case under the old plan of five years ago, but every single one of them. Many of those work in health care, including the terrific Austin Hospital in Heidelberg, in the member's electorate. A second-year nurse, working at the Austin on $75,000 will receive, under Labor's plan, a tax cut of $1,554 a year, around double what they would have received under the old plan. A hospital orderly working at the Austin on $47,000 will receive tax cut of $862 a year, compared to just $58 under the old plan—about $1 a week was what they were getting under the old plan from the five years ago. This is all part of this government's commitment to ensure that middle Australia earn more and keeps more of what they earn. Australia's hospital staff will also know that their work will be better funded and better supported by the historic agreements struck by the Prime Minister and national cabinet in December last year, an extra $1.2 billion to strengthen Medicare even further, including more urgent care clinics and a commitment to lift the Commonwealth's share of public hospital funding to 45 per cent—billions more into our public hospitals from the Commonwealth than existing arrangements. Those hospital staff at the Austin and at hospitals right around the country know what a struggle it has been to get that level of support. Every day at work, they see, coming through their front door, the consequences of 10 years of cuts and neglect to Medicare, cuts and neglect that were initiated by the Leader of the Opposition when he was the health minister— Mr Chester interjecting— Mr McCormack interjecting— The SPEAKER: The members for Gippsland and Riverina will cease interjecting. Mr BUTLER: Compare and contrast this Prime Minister's historic agreement with national cabinet in December with the Leader of the Opposition's first budget as health minister in 2014. Everyone remembers that he tried to abolish bulk-billing altogether. He tried to jack-up medicines. They might not remember he also tried to cut $50 billion from hospitals in a glossy, blue budget— The SPEAKER: The minister will pause. The minister will not refer to props or documents in his answer. He will resume his seat for a moment so I can hear from the Manager of Opposition Business on a point of order. Mr Fletcher: On relevance, the minister needs to stay within the terms of the question rather than engaging, as he always does, in an unspecified trawl through the records of the opposition. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the House on a point of order. Mr Burke: Mr Speaker, on direct relevance, given that the question asks the minister to talk about a decade of neglect and cuts to our healthcare system, how can he avoid talking about the Leader of the Opposition? The SPEAKER: The minister was asked about a decade of decline. I'm just going to make sure the document he is referring to is to do with that part of the question, not simply his opinion on the opposition. Mr BUTLER: It would be like speaking about the Super Bowl without mentioning Taylor Swift. Not only did he cut $50 billion, he tore up agreements on preventive health— Mr Sukkar: He's up with all the cool kids. The SPEAKER: The member for Deakin will cease interjecting. Mr BUTLER: He tore to up agreements on concessions for pensioners. The staff at Austin know now that they have a government in Canberra that's committed to earning more, keeping more of what they earn and funding their hospitals fairly.