As mentioned earlier this morning, politicians will return to Canberra on Thursday to vote on Labor’s plan to cap the price of coal and gas.Alex Ellinghausen
German politicians voted to extend the life of the country’s coal-fired power stations earlier this year after Russia invaded Ukraine.The prime minister has also spoken to Radio National host Patricia Karvelas. We’ll engage with people across the parliament. But I note this. Not every premier and chief minister is in the Labor Party. They all agreed on Friday with this program across the political spectrum. Not every [state] energy minister is Labor. They are Labor, Liberal and Green. They all agreed with the package [that federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen put to them].Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he’s feeling much better after testing positive to COVID-19 last Sunday.
One of the country’s biggest bulk billing medical centre chains and mental health providers systematically rorted Medicare, it is alleged.Leaked billing and medical documents obtained by this masthead show some GPs overstated the length of patient consultations to claim a higher Medicare rebate and billed for some services without adequate patient documentation, which is illegal.