Any move to add the GST to fresh food would be yet another setback for health from a government determined to wreck Australia's health system.

Tony Abbott's new health minister will be just as much a failure as her predecessor if she does not immediately dump the disastrous GP Tax.

Tony Abbott has compounded his election lies on health by ripping another $940 million from public hospitals in today's Budget update.

Abbott government cuts will see the shutdown of youth services in the Ballarat region leaving young people in the area without support.

Health Minister Peter Dutton has confirmed the Abbott Government is pushing ahead with its GP Tax, by publicly urging doctors to change patients more.

Tony Abbott said his GP Tax was dead – but today, the GP Tax lives. 

Tony Abbott lied to Australians about his first GP Tax, and now he’s been caught out lying about his backdoor GP Tax. Mr Abbott insists his new GP Tax follows consultations with doctors. The problem is, doctors say no such consultations have taken place.

Tony Abbott has today compounded his GP Tax lie by lying about the assurances he gave before the election of no cuts to health and no new taxes

The long overdue decision to finally relaunch the Health Star system it sought to cripple in February caps off a disastrous year in health policy for the Abbott Government.

A damning Senate report has provided the final evidence Tony Abbott’s GP Tax is a disaster and should be scrapped.