TURNBULL GOVERNMENT CAN’T GUARANTEE PROSTHESES CUTS WILL LEAD TO LOWER PRIVATE HEALTH PREMIUMS
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
The Turnbull Government has admitted that they can’t guarantee the cuts to the prostheses listing will lead to Australians saving a single dollar on private health insurance. While steps to improve private health affordability are welcome, there is no guarantee whatsoever that these cuts will be passed on to consumers. The Health Minister insisted
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT FAILS TO BACK MALCOLM TURNBULL’S HEALTH PROMISE
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
In a direct contradiction of the Prime Minister, the Secretary of the Health Department this morning refused to endorse Malcolm Turnbull’s solemn pre-election promise that no Australian will pay more to see the doctor as a result of his ongoing Medicare freeze: POLLEY: The day before the election the Prime Minister guaranteed that Australians would
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS ONLY MALCOLM TURNBULL IS TO BLAME FOR HIS MEDICARE FREEZE
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
The Health Department has this morning confirmed that the six year freeze on Medicare rebates was a decision taken by the Turnbull Government, contradicting the Prime Minister and his hapless Health Minister – who have repeatedly tried to blame their Medicare freeze on the former Labor Government. In yet another embarrassing split, the Health Department
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS MEDICARE CUTS STILL GOVERNMENT POLICY
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Malcolm Turnbull’s most senior health bureaucrat has confirmed this morning the extensive and damaging Medicare cuts Malcolm Turnbull took to the election all remain Government policy Despite the Prime Minister claiming he had “learnt his lesson” on Medicare, Health Secretary Martin Bowles repeatedly confirmed at Senate Estimates that each and every cut is still in
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MALCOLM TURNBULL’S PATHOLOGY CUTS HERE TO STAY
Thursday, 29 September 2016
Malcolm Turnbull is as committed as ever to making Australians pay more for their vital tests, with confirmation his massive cuts to pathology remains a ticking time-bomb. During the election, the Liberals engineered a short-term political stunt to hide their pathology cuts until the polls closed. As reported today, the Government’s failure to implement a
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TURNBULL GOVERNMENT IGNORES BALLARAT DEVELOPMENT
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Pleas to fund better road and rail infrastructure for Ballarat and region should be addressed directly to the Turnbull Government, Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King, said today. Ms King slammed the Turnbull Government’s record of funding such infrastructure in Victoria as a disgrace. “For instance, Mr Turnbull promised at the election to spend $858
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TELSTRA NEEDS TO COMMIT TO OUR REGION
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King, said today she was deeply concerned that Telstra was continuing to leak jobs from its skilled workforce in Ballarat. Ms King was referring to Telstra’s proposal to create several “Design Centres of Excellence”, which the telco says will result in 15 jobs lost from Ballarat. “This is just part
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MEAN MALCOLM SHORT CHANGES PENSIONERS
Monday, 26 September 2016
Malcolm Turnbull is short changing pensioners in Ballarat by failing to reduce deeming rates in line with falling interest rates. The Liberals have failed to adjust the deeming rates for more than 18 months despite interest rates falling from 2.25 percent in February 2015 to 1.50 percent today. Currently a single pensioner’s savings are deemed
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MALCOLM TURNBULL’S LATEST ATTACK ON MEDICARE
Sunday, 25 September 2016
Malcolm Turnbull’s latest attack on Medicare will see processing times blow out and people turned away from making Medicare claims at Centrelink offices. As reported today, face-to-face Medicare claims processing will completely cease in Centrelink offices and Australians will be forced onto ballooning postal and online claim queues. People struggling with medical costs and relying
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GOVERNMENT STILL NEGLECTING BALLARAT
Friday, 23 September 2016
The lack of funding for the Ballarat Sports and Events Centre, confirmed in The Courier, is a further example of the neglect of Ballarat by the Turnbull Government. I understood the frustration of Basketball Ballarat chief executive, Peter Eddy, at the refusal so far to fund the proposed centre under the third round of the
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