CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT MARK DREYFUS QC MP SHADOW ATTORNEY-GENERAL SHADOW MINISTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY MEMBER FOR ISAACS   HON LINDA BURNEY MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HUMAN SERVICE MEMBER FOR BARTON TURNBULL GOVERNMENT MUST NOTIFY AUSTRALIANS IF THEIR MEDICARE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN BREACHED   The Government’s admission

The Turnbull Government has no one to blame but themselves for their Medicare freeze. The last time Medicare rebates were reindexed was in July 2014 – as Labor had Budgeted: The Liberals introduced a four year freeze in December 2014 – which Malcolm Turnbull extended in last year’s Budget. The freeze is of their own

Improving the health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is a central priority for Labor, with Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten, Shadow Minister for Health Catherine King, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Health Warren Snowdon, and Senator Patrick Dodson hosting an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Roundtable to define the next steps

Healthy Harold will need a healthy amount of rest in the Life Education van after being subjected to 24 hours of this Government’s chaos. How on earth did Malcolm Turnbull think that cutting funding to a long-standing children’s health education program was ever a good idea? Who looks at a picture of Healthy Harold teaching

Evidence at Senate Estimates today has amplified the questions around the Government’s secret hospital taskforce, with Departmental officials admitting the taskforce proposal was discussed only two weeks ago. The Government has been methodically working up a drastic proposal which would cut public hospital funding and abolish the private health insurance rebate. This proposal was canvassed

Public hospital funding would be cut and the private health insurance rebate abolished under reported plans being progressed by a secret Turnbull Government hospitals taskforce. This is proof the Government hasn’t given up attacking Medicare – they’ve expanded to another target. As reported today, leaked official documents from the taskforce outline a proposal to combine

It’s the secret the Turnbull Government hid from the Australian people on Budget night – Australians will continue to pay more for health, with their GP freeze not fully lifted until 2020. The Government cannot be trusted with a single word they say on Medicare. An official Health Department document lists 113 Medicare items which