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Dutton: Coalition will beat Labor’s proposed Medicare spending with $9bn pledge
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has declared he will match the government's healthcare vow and inject an extra $500m into mental health support, after Anthony Albanese revived Labor's Mediscare campaign at a rally earlier on Sunday.
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Dutton will ‘cut Medicare off at the knees’: PM
Anthony Albanese has accused Peter Dutton of planning on ‘cutting bulk billing off at the knees’, as he ramps up his claims a Coalition government would dismantle Medicare after pledging $8.5bn for taxpayer-funded doctor visits.
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