Economy

Federal government unveils funding boost for housing crisis

This week, Housing Ministers from each state and territory gathered in Canberra to speak about the housing crisis. The Federal government announced more funds to build social and affordable houses across Australia, but would this be enough? To know more about the outcome, The Wire’s Eduardo Jordan asked National Radio News Political Correspondent Amanda Copp, …

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Tripling of bulk billing incentives to take effect today as Medicare reform begins

Today, the Albanese Government’s planned increase of Medicare payments to bulk billing doctors goes into effect. Now, when bulk billing concession card holders, children under 16 and pensioners, doctors are now eligible for up to three times as much money from bulk billing.  In both metropolitan and rural areas, doctors’ payment rates are going up …

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