500,000 MORE LIFE-SAVING SCANS FUNDED BY MEDICARE
Thursday, 10 May 2018
BILL SHORTEN MP LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION MEMBER FOR MARIBYRNONG THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT A Shorten Labor Government will ensure more communities have affordable access to life-saving scans, expanding Medicare-subsidised access to diagnostic imaging in areas where there are shortages. Labor will invest
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BUILDING BETTER HOSPITALS – RECORD FUNDING FOR BEDS, DOCTORS AND NURSES
Thursday, 10 May 2018
BILL SHORTEN MP LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION SHADOW MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS & ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS MEMBER FOR MARIBYRNONG THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT A Shorten Labor Government will invest more in every single public hospital in the country – with an extra $2.8
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TURNBULL’S BUDGET FAILS THE HEALTH TEST
Wednesday, 09 May 2018
THE HON CATHERING KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BALLARAT Malcolm Turnbull and Greg Hunt have comprehensively failed the Budget test for our health system. At the same time as they are giving big business a $80 billion tax handout, Turnbull and Hunt have decided to persist with their $715
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TURNBULL’S FOUR BUDGET HEALTH TESTS
Tuesday, 08 May 2018
THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT Malcolm Turnbull and Greg Hunt face four key tests in the health portfolio in today’s Budget. They must: Reverse their $715 million in cuts to public hospitals. Drop their entire Medicare rebate freeze immediately. Fix the private health insurance affordability crisis.
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MALCOLM TURNBULL’S BUDGET TEST DRAWS NEARER: WILL HE REVERSE HIS CRUEL HOSPITAL CUTS?
Friday, 04 May 2018
THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT THE HON JIM CHALMERS MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR FINANCE MEMBER FOR RANKIN DES HARDMAN LABOR CANDIDATE FOR FORDE MALCOLM TURNBULL’S BUDGET TEST: WILL HE REVERSE HIS HOSPITAL CUTS? Malcolm Turnbull’s Budget test draws nearer: will he reverse his $715 million in
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SPEECH TO THE PHARMACY GUILD – Gold Coast – 4 May 2018
Friday, 04 May 2018
THE HON. CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT ADDRESS TO THE PHARMACY GUILD GOLD COAST FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018 It’s good to be back at APP. This is my second visit as Shadow Health Minister – and of course, I’m hoping to join you in a different capacity next
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AUSTRALIANS HIT WITH RECORD OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS TO SEE THE DOCTOR
Wednesday, 02 May 2018
THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT The cost of seeing both GPs and specialists has hit a new record under Malcolm Turnbull, new Medicare data reveals. Australians are now paying more than ever for their health – up to nearly $47 out of their own pocket to
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LABOR WILL AXE THE “TAMPON TAX”
Sunday, 29 April 2018
BILL SHORTEN MP LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION THE HON TANYA PLIBERSEK MP DEPUTY LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION SHADOW MINISTER FOR WOMEN CHRIS BOWEN MP SHADOW TREASURER THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE ANDREW LEIGH MP SHADOW ASSISTANT TREASURER A Shorten Labor Government will end Australia’s
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TASMANIA MUST IMPROVE ABORTION ACCESS
Friday, 27 April 2018
THE HON TANYA PLIBERSEK MP DEPUTY LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION SHADOW MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING SHADOW MINISTER FOR WOMEN MEMBER FOR SYDNEY THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT SARAH LOVELL TASMANIAN SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH It is disgraceful that Tasmanian women are still being forced to travel to
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MALCOLM TURNBULL MUST REVERSE HOSPITAL CUTS IN BUDGET
Thursday, 26 April 2018
THE HON TANYA PLIBERSEK MP DEPUTY LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION SHADOW MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING SHADOW MINISTER FOR WOMEN MEMBER FOR SYDNEY THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT Malcolm Turnbull faces a key test in next month’s Budget – to reverse his cuts to hospitals around Australia, including
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