Campaign goes back to the future with Mediscare and border security

Liberal senator Anne Ruston has been forced to defend old comments she made about Medicare not being sustainable – even when Australia was on track for a balanced budget – as Labor claimed her nomination as the Liberals’ next health minister would spell the end of universal healthcare.

“Anne Ruston has made it very clear that she wants to take the universal out of universal health care,” he said from Cairns. In Cairns, Albanese was forced to clarify Labor’s policies on border protection for the second time in a week after he mistakenly said his party supports temporary protection visas for asylum seekers.. Albanese replied: “Yes.”

“Labor’s policy is to support Operation Sovereign Borders – we support offshore processing, we support resettlement in third countries. We don’t support temporary protection visas.”It was the second clarification Albanese has been forced to make on border protection in four days after having to clarify on Thursday Labor still supported offshore detention.

But he grew flustered amid persistent questioning about the social services portfolio, throwing several references to “Mr Speaker” into his responses to the media before catching himself – “there you go, I’m back in parliament,” he laughed. Five-year-old Kieran Delaney didn’t know the minister was on his way out as they chatted at an event for children with diabetes.Five-year-old Kieran Delaney, centre front, nominates retiring minister Greg Hunt as his pick to win the coming election.Hunt responded that he was backing the prime minister, but the young boy wasn’t having it.Morrison’s laughing response? “Gee, thank you buddy.”

“EVERY DIABETIC” is a campaign Lie! Numbers Scott Morrison (ScoMo) What do the other 59,000 T1 diabetics get? ScottMorrisonMP . They did nothing for the past 5 years 🤬😡🤬

Funny how they actively denied assisting diabetics for the past 5 years of campaigning, and now 💥 An “election promise” 😏 😣

It's never about the old comments, it's that comments from anybody are evidence of how they think.! WTF

Ms Indue

Hunt cut 900 Medicare Benefits last year & signed a secret last minute deal with the multinational medical device industry that will ensure they can keep the price of joint replacements etc as some of the highest in the world at the expense of Australian consumers.

Cannot believe Anne Ruston. Smoke and mirrors.

Is it just me who finds this announcement premature and a little presumptuous? It is usual for a Government to be re-elected first before announcing Cabinet members.

This gov has stuffed Medicare and made private health out of reach for most families that we will be like america only the rich can go to hospital .don't vote them bach in

Quite the voting record.

Dont trust shiffty politicians who sold us to pharma and joined a mad man to incaserate us for two years dont trust none of the two parties snd third dont trust the greens need a big change

Anne RustedOn should go back....to running the garden centre which was her career before this vile buffoon somehow ended up in politics. I mean who votes for this garbage

Another WEF minion

FFS 🤬🤮

What is Mediscare? Is this a typo?

Good thing he IF Re- Elected because he won’t.

Absolutely sick to death of 2 things in this country Politics & Media. Both a massive scourge on our democratic society. It's not hard... all people want is HONESTY. Neither can provide that. Therefore we trust noone and nothing that comes out a politicians or media outlets mouth

I'll correct this for you 'Scott Morrison breaks yet another promise by breaking Easter election campaign truce and making political announcement'. Your welcome 👍

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