Will a new bulk-billing pledge make it cheaper to see your GP?
Federal Labor and the Coalition both want to expand the bulk-billing incentive to all Australians, to make nine out of 10 GP ...
Labor's new Medicare policy could have been an election trap but the Coalition said 'me too'
Labor set a policy trap for the Coalition in the shape of Medicare funding, then Peter Dutton sidestepped it by shouting "me too".
Minority government looms but who’ll lead it, and for how long?
Heaven forbid, but Australians could be forced back to the polls if Dutton and Albanese end up with 75 seats apiece after ...
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Australia to allot extra $5.4B for health care
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised Sunday a US$5.4-billion boost to the national health care system in an overture to voters ahead of elections that must be held by May 17.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese caught making ‘misleading’ claims on Peter Dutton & Medicare
Anthony Albanese has deflected calls for Labor to increase bulk-billing subsidies for GPs by claiming Medicare rebates were ...
The two decisions that show just where the Albanese government’s priorities lie
In amongst the gestures and everything happening in the world last week, the Albanese government delivered two lessons in ...
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Labor banks on Medicare boost to revive election hopes as polls slide
At a function centre in northern Tasmania, Anthony Albanese announced Labor’s flagship pre-election $8.5 billion pledge to ...
Albanese ‘hoses down’ calls for sanctions against China over live fire testing in Tasman Sea
Sky News host Caroline Marcus discusses China’s live fire testing in the Tasman Sea and how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ...
Peter Dutton moves to outbid Anthony Albanese on Medicare spending splurge before election
Peter Dutton has raised doubts about the Coalition’s commitment to fiscal prudence after immediately outbidding Labor’s $8.5bn spending splurge on Medicare without any detail on how it would be paid ...
Dutton gives lazy ‘me too’ as Albo bets the house on ‘saving Medicare’
The Coalition has buckled to Labor pressure. But how both sides will finance their foolish bulk-billing magic pudding remains ...
Labor makes $8.5 billion free-GP pledge
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised $8.5 billion across four years to commit to universal bulk-billing, which would make nine out of 10 GP visits free.