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Unaffordable GP visits has become a pressing issue amid the increasing cost-of-living crisis. About 30% of Australians delayed or didn’t see a GP in 2023–24.

People could soon make mobile calls and send SMS text messages from the remotest parts of Australia, under a new election promise from the federal Albanese government to overhaul the country’s mobile phone network.

Health minister says modelling ‘very clearly’ shows majority of practices will benefit

Premier Roger Cook has won a leaders' debate against Western Australian Liberal leader Libby Mettam on the first day of early voting in the March 8 state poll.

No matter who wins the election, both Labor and the Coalition have committed some significant cashola to Medicare, starting later this year.

What motivates younger voters may well decide the election. Do Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton speak your language? Or are you looking beyond Labor and the Coalition?

Climate Change Authority chair Matt Kean says Dutton’s energy proposal is equivalent to adding ‘two Beetaloo basins’ worth of emissions to atmosphere

A national Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted February 18–23 from a sample of 1,506, gave the Coalition a 55–45 lead by headline respondent preferences, a three-point gain for the Coalition since January. By 2022 election preference flows, the Coalition led by 52–48, a one-point gain for them.

With a federal election looming, an expert warns it will take more than a rate cut and a health promise to turn the political tides in Labor's favour.