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Healthcare
Archive of parliamentary statements and platform divergences tagged with this topic.
Summary
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About this archive
Topics are assigned during statement analysis and linked to party platform policies. Statements tagged as Other are also matched by content keywords. Use this page to trace how parties and members engage with healthcare policy areas.
Party platform policies
Australian Labor Party
Aged care
Labor’s aged care settings include Aged Care Act reforms, the Support at Home program trajectory, aged care worker wage decisions, and means-tested residential care fees. Age Pension remains the primary income support for eligible older Australians.
Australian Labor Party
Healthcare and Medicare
Labor’s current Medicare settings include bulk-billing incentive changes, cheaper PBS medicines, and Medicare Urgent Care Clinics. Medicare levy and safety net rules continue to apply.
Australian Labor Party
Medicare and Healthcare
Strengthen Medicare, reduce out-of-pocket healthcare costs, and expand access to primary care across regional Australia.
Australian Greens
Universal Healthcare
Expand Medicare to include dental care and mental health services as fully funded public entitlements.
Liberal Party of Australia
Aged care
Liberal platform material emphasises aged care quality, workforce and financially sustainable funding. Distinct fee-schedule alternatives to Labor’s Support at Home design are limited in our recorded rows.
Liberal Party of Australia
Healthcare and Medicare
Liberal platform language supports Medicare while emphasising private health insurance rebates/incentives and hospital system capacity.
Liberal Party of Australia
Healthcare Choice
Support private health insurance, reduce elective surgery wait times, and strengthen hospital funding arrangements with states.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation
Aged care
One Nation states support for improved aged care for Australians. Distinct redesign of Support at Home fees or Age Pension assets tests is not recorded in our database.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation
Healthcare and Medicare
One Nation states support for Medicare access for Australians. Distinct redesign of PBS co-payments or bulk-billing incentives is not detailed in our recorded platform rows.
United Australia Party
National Health Policy
Expand hospital capacity, reduce elective surgery wait lists, and increase funding for regional health services.
Recent statements
Tax cuts and pay rises. Stronger Medicare. A fair go for first homebuyers. We’re delivering real change for A…
I recently asked questions about the government's decision to cut the private health insurance rebate for seni…
A computer decides your aged care. Labor voted to keep it that way. https://t.co/t8sdCQroBI
We're expanding Paid Prac to 10 extra courses for students training to be front line health workers. Check…
We’re expanding Paid Prac to an extra 10 courses for students training to be front line health workers. It’s…
The European Union recognises ASEAN as an indispensable partner in advancing regional stability and prosperity…
We've delivered Paid Prac for nursing, teaching, midwifery and social work students. It's working. That's…
Media Release: Government expands paid prac to strengthen Medicare https://t.co/rx7c2roTlV
Thanks to Sally Sara for having me on @abcnews Radio National to discuss how Labor’s extension to paid prac to…
We’re expanding Paid Prac to 10 extra courses for students training to be front line health workers. Jobs li…
Talking to the Today Show this morning about some exciting news. We will expand Paid Prac to 10 extra courses…
This is a huge win for allied health students that I've been pushing with @helenhainesindi. We got this cost…
This response from Clare O'Neil is delusional. Pretending to accurately measure the size of the illegal tobac…
$1,800 for a pair of crutches. Hardship applications up 88% in two months. Labor's aged care system is failing…
Thank you to @YvetteCooperMP for your friendship and for your contribution to our close partnership. Your le…
My media advisor is off today... so you're getting this instead. 😅 Nearly 9,000 Australians have signed my p…
Help us stop Labor's unfair attack on private health insurance. Sign the petition by clicking the link below.…
Spoke to Trudy McIntosh on @SkyNewsAust about the Telstra outage & potentially life-threatening impact it…
Two of Australia's most respected aged care experts – Prof Kathy Eagar AM, who designed our aged care funding…
Building a stronger Pacific starts with making sure children get the best start in life. That’s why Australia…
A privilege to join @AlboMP and Prime Minister Wale in Honiara to celebrate Solomon Islands’ 48th Independence…
Platform divergences
No divergences for this topic.