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The Grand Plan: 2010 Election Policy Report Card
Aug 19 2010
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The Grand Plan released their Report Card on the three major parties aged care promises and the results are extremely underwhelming. The Report Card measured the parties against the Grand Plan’s own stated objectives. The Greens came out on top with the most comprehensive aged care policy but the Coalition – who have pledged a total of $935m funds to aged care and Labor who have promised a lighter $532m – have managed to dodge a lot of aged care bullets.

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