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FactCheck: are bulk-billing rates falling, or at record levels?

  • Written by Thomas Longden, Senior Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney

Falling bulk-billing rates … – Labor leader Bill Shorten, address to the National Press Club, Canberra, January 31, 2017.

Bulk-billing is at record levels … – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, address to the National Press Club, Canberra, February 1, 2017.

In speeches delivered 24 hours apart, Labor leader Bill Shorten and...

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Grattan on Friday: Liberals get high on bubbles and billionaires

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Remember that large sinkhole that appeared this week in Point Piper, the suburb of Malcolm Turnbull’s harbourside mansion?

The gaping ground presented particular difficulties for local authorities. Contractors and investigators arrived, but it couldn’t be quickly filled in because the cause remained unclear. So as an interim measure it...

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Watch the bright star Regulus hide behind the Full Moon

  • Written by Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museum Victoria
imageTurn your eyes to the Moon this weekend.Karen Arnold

Across Australia, on the evening of February 11/12, the Full Moon will travel directly in front of the bright star Regulus. For about an hour, the star will be hidden from view as the Moon passes by.

This event is known as a lunar occultation and we have entered a season of lunar occultations of...

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Full responses from Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten

  • Written by Lucinda Beaman, Deputy Editor, FactCheck, The Conversation

In relation to this FactCheck on Australia’s bulk-billing rates, The Conversation requested sources and comment from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Labor leader Bill Shorten to support their conflicting statements about bulk-billing rates.

Full response from Bill Shorten’s office

In response to the request, a spokesperson for Bill...

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  7. Bernardi split is symptomatic of a fractured political system, here and abroad
  8. The Rise of Islamo-Christian Civilization
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  10. From banned to international glory, women's football has sown a rich field for the future
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  18. Turnbull's rant about Shorten a treat for the troops but will it play with the public?
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