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Tassie poppy fields key to local pain meds industry

Tasmania’s poppy fields should be better leveraged to create an Australian-based pain medication manufacturing industry. While welcoming a Federal Government

Report reveals impact of cutting property tax breaks

Reducing tax incentives for property investors would lower home prices by the same amount as increasing supply through current government plans. A new report from the

Polls show Federal election is still neck and neck

With ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred disrupting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s reported plans to call a Federal election for April 12, the poll is likely to now be

Gaining health, not losing weight, key to obesity battle

The fight against obesity needs to be focussed on gaining health, not losing weight, according to Australia’s doctors. The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP),

Federal tax reprieve for beer drinkers

The tax payable on beer poured in a pub will not rise for two years. The Federal Government has announced it would freeze the annual indexation on draught beer from

Extra 10 Urgent Care Clinics planned for Queensland

Queensland will be home to 10 more free Medicare Urgent Care clinics under a plan to increase the number of centres nation-wide to more than 130. Federal Health Minister

$400 million voucher plan to boost health outcomes

One million vulnerable Australians would have easier access to health and fitness support through a voucher program being promoted by Olympic champion Duncan

Olympic flavour to tourism industry’s election asks

By Steve Zeppa Queensland tourism operators have urged an incoming Federal Government to support sector workforce development and sustainability and cultural goals in

Insurers call for $30 billion fund for flood defence

Australia’s insurance industry has proposed a $30 billion fund to protect some of the country’s most flood-prone areas. In its policy recommendations in the lead up

What the bulk billing announcements mean for patients

By Stephen Duckett Labor has foreshadowed a major Medicare change to address the falling rate of bulk billing, with an $8.5 billion election announcement. The Government

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