Anthony Albanese claims Medicare has suffered a hit under the Coalition government.
The Opposition Leader praised Medicare as one of the best in the world before he went on to criticise the Morrison government for its slow move in getting access to vaccines, rapid antigen tests and PPE.
Stream more election news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2022 "But also, at the same time, the vulnerabilities of our economy, the fact that we're at the end of global supply chains meant that we didn't have enough PPE, we didn't have enough ventilators, we struggled to get access to vaccines.
"We actually went into the Parliament and said 'we have some disagreements with this legislation, but in advance, if our amendments aren't carried, we won't allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good'."
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