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Election 2025

This year’s federal election is going to be called any day now and it’s rumoured to come down to the wire. 

Neither of the two major parties clawing for the vote have a spotless record when it comes to general practice; Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton was once voted worst health minister in living memory, while Labor’s decision to freeze Medicare rebates in 2013 has cast a long shadow over the sector.  

Campaign ‘good start’ but investment needed in digital health literacy: AIDH

The AIDH welcomed the government’s plan for attracting people to the primary health care workforce, but without digital health skills and capabilities, it will be for nought.
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Coalition commits to prioritising new hospitals agreement

But the opposition health spokesperson is holding her cards close to her chest when it comes to revealing how it will win where the current government has failed.
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Federal government accused of shrugging off private hospitals

The Australian Private Hospital Association has launched a campaign to call the government to arms over the viability of the private system.
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Medicare is set to be a key battleground, amid mounting public pressure to tackle GP out-of-pocket costs at a time when many are struggling financially.

Follow along with Health Services Daily as we cover every healthcare-related promise, soundbite and gaffe as Australia prepares to head to the polls.

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