QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator POLLEY (Tasmania) (14:30): Thank you, Minister. Australian women have been waiting a very long time. Australians shouldn't have to choose between seeing the GP when they need and paying their bills.

On 1 November the Albanese Labor government delivered the largest ever investment in the history of Medicare, which is delivering on the government's commitment to restore bulk-billing. How will this investment help more Australians see a GP for free? I was with Assistant Minister White on Sunday with a bulk-billing—100 per cent in Newstead in my home state—