For too long it has been too difficult for Canberrans to find a bulk-billing GP. We've been listening to them, and I'm proud that our government has been able to deliver extra support to Canberra to ensure that we can boost bulk-billing GP access in our city. The Albanese Labor government is really delivering on bulk-billing, tripling the bulk-billing incentive around the nation, but rates in Canberra have still lagged behind the national average. We've been able to secure $24.3 million in a package to boost fully bulk-billed clinics to get up and running. Last Friday I joined Senator Katy Gallagher, Andrew Leigh and David Smith to announce the locations of the three new bulk-billing GP clinics in the ACT that this has enabled to be established. Those will be a clinic in Gungahlin run by Macquarie General Practice, a clinic in south Tuggeranong run by Next Practice Deakin, and one in Molonglo run by Ochre Health. All three clinics will be opened by 30 June this year.

I thank those doctors and practices who, through a very competitive process, have been granted the funds to get those clinics up and running. I thank all the doctors in Canberra who are bulk-billing, and all the doctors in Canberra for the incredible role that you play in our community. We have listened to you about how hard it can be, and that's why we're providing this extra support. This is a really great initiative and we're pleased to see that Canberrans will have better access to fully bulk-billed GP clinics around the ACT from 30 June.