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.
Does this pass the pub test? Direct aged care workers awarded wages rises of up to 13.5% by Fair Work Commission – but indirect care workers only given up to 6.8%
Workers across residential aged care and home care will receive wages rises between 3.2% and 13.5% after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) determined on Friday that their work has historically been undervalued. The Stage 3 decision in the long-running...