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Media Release: Minister Butler Misleads Diabetes Community on Fiasp

More than 15,000 Australians with diabetes will be left in the lurch following the Albanese Government’s removal of Fiasp from the PBS. Astoundingly, the Minister for Health, Mark Butler has taken absolutely no responsibility for this harmful decision. 

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Media Release: Aged Care the Victim of Another Labor Broken Promise

Anthony Albanese has broken his headline election commitment to older Australians to have a registered nurse on site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in every aged care home by 1 July 2023.

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Speech to Parliament: Labor's Broken Promises on Health and Aged Care - 9 March 2023

I move: That the Senate notes the Albanese Government's broken promises to deliver cheaper power prices, cheaper mortgages, to not make any changes to super, as well as broken promises on medicines, country doctors, Medicare and mental health.

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Transcript: Interview with Greg Jennett, ABC News - 6 March 2023

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Monday, 6 March 2023

Subjects: Aged care 24/7 nurses requirement, workforce shortages, Labor's superannuation changes, the Voice machinery bill 

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Transcript: Press Conference - Maryborough - 3 March 2023

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Friday, 3 March 2023

Subjects: Aged care staffing requirements, critical workforce shortages, the Regional Health Workforce Summit

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Media Release: Labor Government Removes Life-Changing Insulin from PBS

15,000 families have had the rug pulled out from under them, as the Labor Government quietly removes a life-changing diabetes insulin from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

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Transcript: Interview with Stephen Cenatiempo, 2CC - 17 February 2023

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17 February 2023

Subjects: Senate Estimates, Strengthening Medicare Taskforce, workforce shortages, Urgent Care Clinics

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TRANSCRIPT: Doorstop with the Deputy Leader - 7 February 2023

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Tuesday, 7 February 2023

Subjects: Ovarian Cancer Month, workforce shortages in regional Australia, 887 regional visas

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Media Release: Strengthening Medicare Taskforce Report - Big on Aspiration but Light on Actions

The Strengthening Medicare Taskforce Report released today by the Government, whilst clear on the problems facing primary care in Australia, contains no specific actions, no funding and no timelines.

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Media Release: Urgent Care Clinic Promise Abandoned

Prime Minister Albanese’s announcement today has reaffirmed that Labor has once again broken a promise – this time, to deliver 50 ‘urgent’ care clinics within their first 12 months in government.

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