Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

How about that? Can I go that far? She was witness to the birth of Labor's commitment to a Medicare co-payment. She was there in the birthing room. Can I go that far? She was there in the birthing room, but of course there is no prouder dad than the member for Fraser. And, of course, the bottom line is that if we want to make our health and welfare system sustainable and if we want to make our education system sustainable, we have to ask Australians to make a contribution along the way. Because if we want the same level of service in the future—in fact, if we aspire to have a better level of service in the future—then we have to make it pay along the way.

Ms King interjecting—

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