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Australian politics live: Labor and Coalition reject bill to stop incarcerated women being shackled in childbirth; Wells tables social media reform

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Australian politics live: Labor and Coalition reject bill to stop incarcerated women being shackled in childbirth; Wells tables social media reform
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Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPrivate health insurance changes ‘recalibrating precious taxpayer dollars’, says WellsThe health minister, Mark Butler, yesterday promised to reintroduce ...

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  • —Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPrivate health insurance changes ‘recalibrating precious taxpayer dollars’, says WellsThe health minister, Mark Butler, yesterday promised to reintroduce a bill to reduce private health insurance rebates for over-65s, after it was thrown out of the Senate by the crossbench and Coalition.It’s really important we reintroduce it, because we need to raise the level of support and resourcing for aged care.
  • —I was the aged care minister before being the communications minister, we need to work urgently.
  • —There’s not enough beds being built for older Australians who need that support.
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