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SenateMonday 28 July 2025

Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025

Senator HANSON (Queensland—Leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation and Pauline Hanson's One Nation Whip) (19:00): Minister, that's very good. I like to see that national health care that we provide for Australians. But if you expect them to hand over a Medicare card, I'm sure that in their wallet they'll have a drivers licence or some other identification, so I can't see the issue with stopping them from going to see a doctor.

And if they're not an Australian citizen, why are you providing health care for them when they should be paying for their own health insurance out of their own pocket, considering they are not Australian citizens? Minister, there's another point I want to ask you about. You talk about these health centres—super clinics—that you are putting up.

Can you tell me how many of them? You've advocated that these super clinics will be running 24/7. Can you please tell me how many of these, I think, 87 clinics you propose will be actually running 24/7?

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