Confusion over $7 GP fee deepens as Joe Hockey contradicts PM's office

By Mark Kenny and Lisa Cox
Updated November 28 2014 - 11:18am, first published November 27 2014 - 3:09pm
Treasurer Joe Hockey insists the government still intends to bring the GP co-payment proposal before Parliament. Photo: Andrew Meares
Treasurer Joe Hockey insists the government still intends to bring the GP co-payment proposal before Parliament. Photo: Andrew Meares
Liberal senator Ian Macdonald has threaten to cross the floor over the GP fee proposal if the government brings it before Parliament. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Liberal senator Ian Macdonald has threaten to cross the floor over the GP fee proposal if the government brings it before Parliament. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Treasurer Joe Hockey has added to the confusion surrounding the federal government's proposed $7 GP fee declaring it remains alive even after the Prime Minister's office had briefed several journalists at different media organisations that the policy was to be shelved.