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.
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A first: residents petition council wanting an over-55s retirement community
A petition signed by more than 100 people within four days in Bannockburn, 88km southeast of Melbourne’s CBD, demanding a lifestyle village was raised at Golden Plains Shire’s council meeting. “We would like to ask our elected council to encourage...