‘Our practice is slowly dying of old age’: GP confronts Mark Butler live on TV

The spotlight fell on Dr Paul Duff during television show Q+A but it was his unscripted response that got the applause.
Dr Paul Duff on Q+A.

When GP Dr Paul Duff rose nervously to his feet to query federal Health Minister Mark Butler about the continued abuse of general practice, he read the question from a piece of paper to make sure he nailed the wording.

At the time the GP was in the audience of the ABC TV show Q+A, sitting next to his wife, Dr Fiona McKnight, also a GP.