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Slight movement to Labor as Shorten's ratings improve

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

The polls taken after the budget had some movement to the Coalition. This week’s polls have that movement reversing. While the overall vote is showing about a 50-50 tie, this is not enough for Labor to win; they probably need at least 51% Two Party Preferred (2PP) to win. The main story this week is the big improvement in Bill...

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Frozen out: why the GP rebate freeze should matter to you.

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

It seems as though one of the few clear points of difference between the major parties in this election campaign is the position on the freezing of Medicare rebates. For a very readable background to this issue you can do no better than reading this article on TC by A/Prof Helen Dickinson.

When Medicare first began in 1983, it covered visits to...

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