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MEDIA

August 13, 2026

Labor Is Failing Older Australians, Private Health Costs and Aged Care Waits

Labor’s private health insurance changes and aged-care delays are harming older Australians, increasing costs and putting further pressure on already strained public hospitals and care services.

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Parliament

August 12, 2026

Labor’s Gambling Bill Could Water Down Protections for Children

Reducing gambling harm but warns reforms must deliver real outcomes, protect children, strengthen industry responsibility, tackle inducements and offshore operators, while preserving responsible adult choice.

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Parliament

August 11, 2026

Two Hours a Year: Labor’s Aged Care Failure in Regional Australia

The Prime Minister, as then leader of the opposition, referred to the aged-care system as a 'national disgrace with unforgivable neglect' when we were in government. Yet, under his government, wait lists have exceeded 230,000 people

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Parliament

July 1, 2026

Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age

The coalition led the way in November 2023 with our private member's bill to impose age verification online. Labor rejected it and then, in the 2024 budget, accepted it.

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Parliament

June 30, 2026

Labor's Private Health Changes Will Hit Regional Families Hard

Labor has broken faith with the people who built this country—those who worked hard, paid taxes, raised families, volunteered, served their towns and did the right thing all their lives.

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Parliament

June 30, 2026

Labor's Housing Tax Policies Are Crushing Confidence, Here's What I'm Hearing in Mallee

Wes Davidson is a prominent real estate agent in Horsham, in Mallee, and he says: 'We are now seeing the biggest lack of confidence in real estate that I have ever seen in over four decades in the industry.

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Parliament

June 29, 2026

3 Amazing Doctors Honored for Rural Medical Service

The paperwork that is now required, the compliance that is now required, just makes it so much harder that less GPs, not more, are actually prepared to step into that space. In terms of policy, we've got to change it.

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Parliament

June 29, 2026

Your Postcode Shouldn't Decide Your Healthcare

We need funding models that are built around access, not just volume. We need blended funding that recognises the fixed cost of keeping primary care available in smaller communities.

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Parliament

June 29, 2026

Why It Costs More to Be Sick in Regional Australia

For many regional Australians, aviation is not a luxury; it is an essential service. Regional communities rely on aviation for health care, education, business, family connections and economic opportunity.

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