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Little support for health rebate recall

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Canberra : Australia | 2 months ago

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The Government has floated the possibility of extending this year's sitting to hold a second vote on means testing the private health insurance rebate. To do so, it would need the support of all the cross-bench senators and the chances of that do not look good.

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