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  • What Health Policies Should Be at the Top of the Labor Agenda?

    What Health Policies Should Be at the Top of the Labor Agenda?

    Labor’s win in Saturday’s election heralds real change in health policy. Although Labor had a small-target strategy, with limited big spending commitments, its victory represents a value shift to a party committed to equity and Medicare, and, potentially, a style shift to a hands-on, equity-oriented health minister. Labor’s shadow health minister, Mark Butler, is expected…