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How Aspen Medical got 'paid access' to politicians before it made more than $1 billion in the pandemic

The former chairman and co-founder of Aspen Medical tells Four Corners how the company obtained access to senior ranks of the Coalition government before it made more than $1 billion from the pandemic.

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Aspen Medical was given more than $1 billion in government PPE contracts despite no experience in large-scale procurement

Private healthcare company Aspen Medical was given more than $1 billion in government PPE contracts, despite having no experience in large-scale procurement, a Four Corners investigation reveals.

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New PBS listings to save patients millions

Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced a series of new Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listings which will save Australians millions on medicines.

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Morrison says he can’t make aged care nurses fall from the sky. Sounds like he’s not even trying

Why has the Coalition failed to recruit, and retain, the workforce it has long known would be needed?

The Guardian - AU

Calling the safeguard mechanism a ‘sneaky carbon tax’ is a scare campaign and an argument for inaction

Scott Morrison is criticising the Coalition’s own climate policy – it’s just one that has barely been used

The Guardian - AU

Coalition climate policy forced big polluters to pay $15m for carbon credits in past year

Scott Morrison says Labor wants to use government safeguard mechanism as a ‘sneaky carbon tax’ but it is already making big business pay for offsets

The Guardian - AU

Christian Porter denied justice plea from Indonesians jailed in Australia when they were children

Former attorney general refused to refer cases to WA court of appeal, despite an earlier ruling finding a miscarriage of justice in a similar case

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‘Worst it’s ever been’: a threatened species alarm sounds during the election campaign – and is ignored

Warnings of dramatically escalating extinctions in Australia over the next two decades seem to be falling on deaf ears

The Guardian - AU

Coalition to fund $28m disability centre

The Morrison government plans to invest $28 million to establish a National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability.

Crikey

He's the treasurer who may become the next leader of the Liberal Party. So how high can Josh Frydenberg fly?

`This is the first in a two-part series on the major parties’ Treasury spokespeople. You can read Carol Johnson’s profile of Jim Chalmers here.

The Conversation

Anne Ruston to become health minister if Coalition re-elected, no details on her replacement until after election

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces South Australian senator Anne Ruston will take over as health and aged care minister if the Coalition is re-elected, but says he will not decide who will take her Women's Safety and Social Services roles until after the election.

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Ruston will ‘take the universal out of universal healthcare’, Labor says – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Labor leader Anthony Albanese forced to clarify whether key health pledge formally costed

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has once again been forced to clarify comments he has made on the election campaign trail, hampering efforts to refocus the Labor campaign over the Easter long weekend.

ABC News

'Telephone' voting for COVID-19 iso cases

A telephone voting system will be rolled out for the 2022 federal election, allowing those in COVID-19 isolation on polling day to cast their ballot.

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Funding boost for mental health, disease

Victorians with poor mental health and expectant parents are the targets of separate federal health funding announcements over the weekend.

Crikey

‘I feel a wave of relief’ — WA government inquiry promises truth on Pentecostal-linked Esther Foundation

A government inquiry will be conducted into the Esther Foundation following Crikey’s investigation.

The Guardian - AU

Pregnant women increasingly left out of pocket by Medicare antenatal consultations, doctors say

Peak GPs body calls for Medicare rebate to be extended to cover growing complexity of care for expectant mothers

The Guardian - AU

Hell hath no fury like the last days of Australia’s 46th parliament

The derangements of party factionalism, the mean girls and bullyboys, were finally punctured by the gravitas of Volodymyr Zelenskiy via videolink

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Ukraine president addresses parliament; Putin a ‘war criminal’, PM says – as it happened

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'False': Hunt says no after hours cuts planned after GP Access closure fears

There is no reduction in "overall funding" for after hours care and any claim to the contrary is "categorically false", Hunt's spokesperson said.

ABC News

'Maeve's Law' passes Senate hurdle to legalising mitochondrial donation through IVF

After heartfelt debate in both chambers of parliament, a controversial bill to legalise mitochondrial donation in Australia has passed the Senate without amendment after a conscience vote.

The Conversation

Health budget 2022 spends a little on favoured interest groups but misses a chance for real reform

The 2022 budget is an election-year budget. So stakeholders have been pushing their wheelbarrows up the hill to Parliament House to lobby for extra largesse to flow their way.

Newcastle Herald

Well played: Cause for celebration as cystic fibrosis drug added to the PBS

Without PBS subsidy, around 1,900 Australians would be up for more than $250,000 a year to access the CF drug.

The Guardian - AU

‘Judge me on my actions’: can Andrew Forrest become Australia’s clean, green hero?

The billionaire mining magnate known as Twiggy may be emulating Bill Gates with the scale of his philanthropy, but not everyone is convinced

Daily Mirror

Australia to drop pre-travel Covid tests for vaccinated travellers next month

Australia travel rules are about to get easier as the country is looking to drop its Covid test requirements for vaccinated travellers from next month including PCR and antigen tests

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