Mr BUTLER (Hindmarsh—Minister for Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Minister for Health and Ageing and Deputy Leader of the House) (15:06): I thank the member for Richmond. For more than 20 years in this place, she has been one of the strongest voices for better health care for regional Australia. We're soon going to be able to announce together the location of the new Medicare urgent care clinic in the Tweed valley, which I know she is looking forward to enormously. Like everyone else on this side of the House, at least, she's also looking forward to this Saturday, because 1 November is going to be a red-letter day for health care in this country. On 1 November we're listing the fourth contraception on the PBS in just 12 months. After 30 years of not a single addition, this is four in just 12 months. On 1 November, as the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government said, new Medicare rebates are going to save around 300,000 women $400 to access contraceptive IUDs and implants. On 1 November, as the member said, the largest investment in bulk-billing in the history of Medicare kicks off. It's an investment that's good for doctors and it's an investment that's obviously, and most importantly, good for patients. The reason the member for Richmond is such a strong supporter of this investment is it's particularly good for regional Australia. Mr Littleproud: What about Maranoa? They've got nothing. Mr BUTLER: I'll talk about Maranoa. This week a standard bulk-billed consult in a beautiful town like Ballina gets about $42 from Medicare. Next week it will be $82. That's from $42 to $82 in one week. I do wonder, where are the Nationals, if it's so good for regional Australia? Where are the Nationals, I wonder? They stood by and did nothing when Liberal's, led by the Leader of the Opposition, ripped the heart out of Medicare by freezing the Medicare rebate, and it's the same story today. What about the leader of the National Party? There are 27 clinics that are going to be fully bulk-billing in Maranoa next week, but what do we hear from the Leader of the Nationals? Nothing. The member for Flynn up there, he's been pretty chatty over the last couple of weeks—he has 22 clinics going to bulk-billing next week. There are crickets, absolute crickets, from the member for Flynn and the chatty member for Fadden, who has 22 clinics as well—absolute crickets! They talk non-stop about everything except health care, everything except bulk-billing, everything except cheaper medicine. That's alright by us, because we've got even more members on this side representing regional Australia, and they're willing to fight for bulk-billing. They're willing to fight for the power of this beautiful little card, and they're willing to fight for a stronger Medicare. Mr Hogan: You're running scared! The SPEAKER: The member for Page, on that note, can leave the chamber because he was on a warning. A warning is a warning. The member for Page then left the chamber . Mr Marles: I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.