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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 consultant

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Earlier 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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Terry Barnes is a Liberal Party member and policy consultant who formerly advised federal and Victorian Liberal ministers.

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