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Pharmacists lost 60-day battle, but won war with Chemist Warehouse
The most powerful lobby group in the nation has convinced Labor to stop its competitor from giving customers a $1 discount on medicines.
Terry BarnesPolicy consultantEarlier this week, the Albanese government and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia quietly signed the eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement.
This agreement determines how, for the next five years, $26 billion of your money will remunerate pharmacists for dispensing medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
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