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Media Release: Report Reveals Labor's Hollow Promises on Aged Care

In it’s rush to tick and flick election commitments, the Albanese Labor Government has failed to admit that the headline aged care promises they made to older Australians and their families are undeliverable.

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MINISTER BUTLER STRIKES FEAR INTO THE HEARTS OF AUSTRALIAS WHILST OFFERING NO SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS GP CRISIS

Minister Butler has terrified the Australian public today about the GP crisis that is unfolding across Australia without offering a single solution to address this serious issue. Again, Labor are proving that they are all talk and no action.

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JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR FORCED TO SUPPORT WESTERN AUSTRALIANS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES

The Albanese Government has been forced into an embarrassing backdown and has today agreed to honour the former Morrison Government’s funding commitment of $375 million for the WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre. To not have done so would have been a complete betrayal of the health needs of all Western Australians.

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JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO PROTECT PERSONAL MEDICARE NUMBERS LEAKED IN OPTUS CYBER HACK

The Albanese Labor Government is once again on the backfoot as it has been revealed that personal Medicare numbers have been included in the Optus data breach.

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JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR VOTES AGAINST CDC PENSIONER AMENDMENT

Labor just voted against a Coalition amendment to their CDC Bill in the Senate seeking to ensure the Government cannot place age pensioners, veteran pensioners, and service pensioners on income management.

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JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: AHPRA'S REPORT FAILS TO ADDRESS COSMETIC SURGERY COWBOYS

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency’s (AHPRA) report ‘Independent review of the regulation of medical practitioners who perform cosmetic surgery, released today does not address the extremely concerning issues within the cosmetic procedures sector.

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MEDIA RELEASE: AHPRA MUST RELEASE REVIEW INTO COSMETIC SURGERY

Australians have every right to assume that when they receive a medical procedure, it is performed by an appropriately accredited medical professional. 

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MEDIA RELEASE: NEW HEADSPACE CENTRE FOR CALOUNDRA TO OPEN IN 2023

A new headspace centre in Caloundra, which will deliver vital mental health and wellbeing support for young people in the region, is expected to open mid-2023.

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TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH JIM WILSON, 2GB

Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care - Transcript - Interview with Jim Wilson, 2GB

4 August 2022

Subjects: Labor’s Covid response, aged care booster rates

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MEDIA RELEASE: OPPOSITION WELCOMES BELATED PASSAGE OF AGED CARE LEGISLATION

After delaying its passage for almost six months solely for political gain, the Albanese Government has finally passed the Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response) Bill 2022.

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