Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Assistant Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

No, I cannot confirm that statement, because we will not be aware which clinicians will be charging a co-payment until the scheme starts. This government has been very clear in making sure that the Australian people know exactly why the changes to the budget took place. The changes to the budget took place because of the previous government's economic mismanagement. The budget mess that they left us meant that we had to make some tough decisions in the budget. It was under the previous finance minister that we saw net debt treble from $42 billion to $153 billion. Perhaps if the previous finance—