Health Minister Nicola Roxon has told The Australian newspaper that a means test on the private health insurance rebate will be reintroduced in the new parliament.
In introducing the means test last year, Ms Roxon argued that the current 30% rebate regime was unsustainable and the means test would allow the government to make savings of $1.9 billion over four years.
ATO plans to charge GST on manufactured home parks scrapped
A concerted effort by the Residents Association of manufactured home parks has headed off the ATO which had planned to impose GST in mobile homes. This would have added 10% to the cost of the purchase of a home