Anthony Albanese unveils historic $8.5 billion bulk billing boost
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled an historic commitment to Medicare as the focus of Labor's 2025 Federal Election ...
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Australian PM vows extra $5.4bn for healthcare
SYDNEY: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised Sunday a US$5.4-billion boost to the national healthcare system ...
Coalition makes huge Medicare call after Anthony Albanese announced free GP visits for most Aussies in major $8billion pre-election promise
The government and the opposition have traded barbs over the Prime Minister's Medicare funding announcement on Sunday morning ...
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 ...
Rate cuts won’t move voting intentions: AFR readers
The Albanese government shouldn’t pin its hopes on voters being swayed by the central bank’s first cuts to interest rates in ...
Australia government pledges $7.2b to healthcare as election looms
Australia's Labour government on Saturday (Feb 22) promised an extra A$8.5 billion (S$7.2 billion) for the country's ...
New Trump tariff threat to Australia over ‘plundering’ of tech giants
US President Donald Trump has accused overseas governments of plundering the revenues of US technology companies, putting ...
Albo’s bad timing is becoming its own punchline
Despite the seriousness of the times, Albanese’s prime ministership can only be described as slapstick. Whenever he seems to ...
More Australian, less American health system: What's inside Labor's $8.5b 'free' doctor plan
Labor has announced that, if re-elected this year, it will deliver a major $8.5 billion funding boost for Medicare, which it ...
Labor commits $500 million to build renewable components with Australian metals
The federal government will provide $500 million in funding and set "ambitious" targets to use locally-made steel and ...
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 ...