Federal policy

Healthcare, Medicare and Patient Choice

  • Commission a Royal Commission into the COVID-19 response.
  • Require appropriate parliamentary authority and rights-based scrutiny for any exceptional Commonwealth public-health restrictions or vaccination mandates, and cooperate with states on matters within their powers.
  • Restore medical autonomy and informed consent.
  • Reform AHPRA and Medicare to prioritise patient choice.
  • Raise Medicare rebates to support accessible bulk billing, and improve anti-fraud protections in Medicare and the PBS.
  • Provide regional workforce incentives, including student-debt relief for eligible health graduates undertaking a three-year regional service commitment.
  • Review the affordability of prescribed medicinal cannabis under applicable national health and medicine rules.
  • Coordinate investment in urgent care, allied health and regional medical services with state governments.

More policies

Healthcare and Medical Choice

Commission a Royal Commission into the COVID-19 response, restore informed consent, link public hospital records and strengthen ambulance and urgent-care capacity.

Families and Education

Defend traditional family structures and parental authority, consider a childcare subsidy that follows a child and household income splitting, and link funding to educational outcomes.

Civil Liberties and Judicial Fairness

Introduce the Equality of Arms Principle, extend the proposed Public Justice Equality Scheme, support self-represented litigants and protect freedom of expression and religion.

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