TOPICS: Cuts to private health insurance rebates, Mildura public hospital impact, Government modelling on impact, public surgery wait times, Modified Monash Model reform, federal-state health responsibilities and funding

Social licence is the local permission from a community for government to proceed with a project because the community wants, or genuinely accepts, the project.

TOPICS: Labor’s approach to farming, carbon sinks, farm inputs supply shortages, red and green tape, private health insurance rebate for over-65s, Labor’s divisiveness, projections on downgraded or dropped insurance cover, public health system

"Every buyback shrinks the consumptive pool, puts greater pressure on the remaining water and undermines irrigation communities’ productive capacity."

TOPICS: Private Health Insurance rebate cut, impact on public hospitals, projected impact on private health insurance cover, States’ opposition to insurance rebate change, federal contribution to running hospitals, Senate inquiry

“Regional hospitals are already struggling with workforce shortages, long waiting lists and limited specialist access. The last thing they need is Canberra pushing more patients into the public system. This is bad policy for older Australians.

TOPICS: NSW firearm buyback, multiculturalism, banning migration from certain countries, Do Not Travel list, refugees, food security, babies born alive

The Nationals stood firm against Labor’s mean-spirited $5,000 cap on allied health services for veterans. Veterans and all Australians rightly expect those who have put their lives on the line for our nation to access the care they need.

The Nationals for Regional Victoria - with the Victorian Liberals - have backed in the federal Nationals’ opposition to VNI West, and are taking similar steps to protect prime ag land.