The potency of Albanese’s argument that Dutton was blocking free doctor’s visits would have been hard to ignore
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It took Peter Dutton less than half a day to sign up to $8.5bn in his election plans to match the Labor government’s commitment to redefine Medicare bulk billing.
Such is the potency of Anthony Albanese’s attack on Dutton’s record as health minister – the man who thought up a $7 co-payment for GP visits – and Labor’s campaign to raise fears about what a Coalition government would do to vital public services. Barely 14 hours after the Medicare announcement was published in the media on Saturday night, Dutton said his team would match it “dollar for dollar”.
