From energy prices to housing affordability,here’s what you wanted to know about the federal budget.
The state is set to grow faster than previously thought,surpassing 5.5 million residents within a year,the federal budget shows.
The change will apply to about 11.6 million children,concession cardholders and pensioners,but Health Minister Mark Butler expects GPs to lower gap fees for others.
A spending splurge will cost $24 billion over five years across more than a dozen initiatives despite the government’s rhetoric about the need for restraint.
The unorthodox effort to find housing for doctors was revealed after Queensland’s health minister outlined a 10-year vision to shift the focus “from illness to wellness”.
An average cigarette packet will cost about $10 more within four years and all GPs will be able to prescribe vapes under new measures to break nicotine addictions.
Her family joked when she couldn’t carry her own backpack while hiking. Soon afterwards her husband was watching her through the night,afraid he would lose her.
By the end of the year,Australians will be able to register as ongoing patients with their GP through a new system that will unlock extra funding.
State and federal leaders will discuss measures to revive primary care and relieve pressures on state hospital emergency departments.
Australians have backed the case for tougher controls on the universal health insurance scheme to control costs,but only 8 per cent are willing to accept a larger “gap” fee.
Provisional psychologist Emily Radford says some people are having to space out their sessions by weeks or months because of the cost.