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Plibersek keeps cooking the books

 Wednesday 16 May 2012   The Federal Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek today cooked the books on private health insurance take up, to justify a policy of means testing that hasn’t even commenced. The Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Peter Dutton MP, questioned the hones... Read more...

Cooked books behind dental promises

  11 May 2012             Labor’s dental health promises again reveal the ‘cook the books’ approach of Treasurer Wayne Swan. Despite promising $515 million, Labor is really delivering about $60 million of new money to dental prog... Read more...

Locals demand courts back police in fight against crime

On Tuesday, 1 May 2012, Dickson residents voiced their concerns about crime and light sentences and showed strong support for local police. The Dickson Crime Forum was hosted by the Hon Peter Dutton MP, Federal Member for Dickson together with Shadow Minister for Justice, Customs and Border Protec... Read more...

Local rage over repeated broadband delay

The Labor Government is ‘pork barrelling’ seats of Ministers to save them at the next election. As a result Coalition seats, including Dickson, are again facing a very long wait for broadband. Dickson first faced delay when the Labor Government cancelled the Howard Government’s contract with the OP... Read more...

Medicine price cut for Government and still no certainty for patients

1 April 2012 The Government today banked an additional saving from the PBS but has again failed to deliver on its promise of 'policy certainty' for Australian patients relying on the timely subsidisation of new medicines. Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton said the savings announced today from pr... Read more...

Lie put to Government claims on chronic disease dental

22 March 2012   Revelations that Medicare had never approached the Australian Dental Prosthetists Association regarding the Chronic Disease Dental Scheme put the lie to claims that dental health professionals were fully informed about their responsibilities under the scheme. Shadow Minis... Read more...

Coalition introduces Bill to support dentists

  19 March 2012 The Coalition today introduced a Bill into the House of Representatives to end the Gillard Government’s vindictive pursuit of dentists who have provided treatment to the most needy Australians under the Chronic Disease Dental Scheme. Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton sai... Read more...

Lies and Betrayal

 15 February 2012    Passage of legislation to means test private health insurance through Parliament today represents a betrayal of the 12 million Australians who contribute to their own healthcare, Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton said today. Two and a half million... Read more...

Wilkie decision critical for 50,000 residents

  12 February 2012     Andrew Wilkie’s decision this week on whether to support or oppose means testing of private health insurance rebates is critical for half the Australian population and more than 60 per cent of people in his Denison electorate. Mr Wilkie said late last we... Read more...

Health insurance rebate cuts to hit local health services

  12 February 2012     The Federal Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton said today fear that cuts to private health insurance rebates would reduce health services in New England applied equally to the electorate of Lyne. Mr Dutton said that concerns expressed by the Member ... Read more...

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