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Shadow Health Minister Anne Ruston is speaking to RN Breakfast. She says Labor will use ‘lies’ and ‘distractions’ on health during the election campaign.
The opposition is also accusing the government of having a poor record on maintaining bulk-billing, saying rates have been dropping over the last three years.
We are going to have to expect, unfortunately, a scare campaign. I mean, yesterday, at the launch, the Prime Minister and [Mark] Butler spent more time talking about Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party than they did about themselves. So I think we can expect a scare campaign. But the facts don’t lie. The truth of all of this is quite clear in the statistics. under their watch, the health system in Australia has been significantly diminished.
Australia now faces the most challenging set of strategic circumstances since world war II. Is it really the time to be launching an attack on the public service?
At best, deep cuts to the public service will take our nation backwards. At worst, deep cuts will make us less secure, less safe and unable to shape the world around us.
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Author : Krishani Dhanji
Publish date : 2025-02-23 21:14:00
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