A Labor Government would put $125 million more into cancer research, with Bill Shorten continuing his campaign on health spending as he hit the hustings in Sydney. The funding promise will include $20 million to research pancreatic cancer, which has a five year survival rate of less than 10 per cent.
Mr Shorten was campaigning in the Liberal-held seat of Bennelong on Friday with the Party's candidate and former Australian Medical Association president Brian Owler. The Opposition is also promising billions of dollars to reduce out-of-pocket costs for millions of medical scans, including for cancer. Image: News Corp Australia
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billshortenmp Can you trust Labor 2007-13, Labor govt, so poorly were they managing the country's finances, they were reduced to the point where they couldn't put life-saving drugs on to the PBS in 2011 And Remember (Google) Labor denied cash for cancer centre as funds flowed to marginalis
billshortenmp Australia’s economy will go straight back into massive debt under labor.
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Liberal MPs demand Bill Shorten answer questions over lunch with Chinese billionaire | Sky News AustraliaThe scandal surrounding Huang Xiangmo has widened, with Liberal MPs saying Bill Shorten has serious questions to answer following revelations the Labor leader had lunch with the Chinese billionaire in 2015.\n\nMr Shorten's lunch with Mr Huang happened after the billionaire made a $55,000 donation to the Labor Party. \n\nLiberal MP Michael Sukkar has also slammed the ABC's Four Corners report on Monday, which revealed Peter Dutton's meeting with Mr Huang but failed to mention Bill Shorten's lunch with him.\n TimWilsonMP That he bought his way to meetings with both Dutton and Pyne with tens of thousands of dollars means nothing then....... TimWilsonMP He’s bloke using taxpayers money liberals cause vote him out TimWilsonMP Visa revoked because of ASIO’s good work. Dutton allowed himself to be lobbied by paid agents, and had private meal at closed room in a restaurant!!!!!
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Shorten guilty of ‘massive hypocrisy’ over Chinese donor: Porter | Sky News AustraliaFULL INTERVIEW: Attorney General Christian Porter says Labor leader Bill Shorten’s credibility is under question over his links to controversial Chinese donor Huang Xiangmo.\n\nMr Huang, who has been banned from Australia due to security issues, invited Mr Shorten to his daughter’s nuptials in 2016.\n\nMr Shorten denies he did anything wrong, saying it was widely known he attended the event.\n\nMr Porter told Sky News Mr Shorten’s is guilty of ‘massive hypocrisy’ over his criticism of Peter Dutton, who attended a private lunch with Mr Huang.\n\n\n cporterwa David_Speers billshortenmp and the lnps links to murdoch is totally ok christian? cporterwa David_Speers billshortenmp What about Bishop-to his Right -She copped a good donation from this Chinese businessman as well cporterwa David_Speers billshortenmp What utter rubbish! How about calling the election?
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Shorten denies impropriety over Chinese donor wedding | Sky News AustraliaAttorney General Christian Porter has attacked Labor leader Bill Shorten for attending a family wedding of controversial Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo.\n\nMr Huang, who has been banned from Australia due to security issues, invited politicians across the political spectrum to his daughter’s nuptials in 2016.\n\nMr Shorten has dismissed claims he acted improperly, saying the public knew he attended the function.\n\nThe comments come after Immigration Minister Peter Dutton was criticised following revelations he fast-tracked the citizenship application for Mr Huang’s family, despite concerns the businessman is tightly linked with the Chinese Communist Party.\n\n\n\n\n\n ooh that's awkward Bill Bill’s been riced. No need for a present, we will pay you, ok? 55k will do?
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Shorten announces $55m to fortify nurses in cancer-fighting crusade | Sky News AustraliaLabor will spend $55.7 million to boost the number of specialist cancer nurses across Australia if the party wins the federal election in May.\n\nOpposition Leader Bill Shorten's announcement on Saturday morning comes ahead of plans to hit the hustings from Sunday, despite no hints from Prime Minister Scott Morrison about when the election will take place.\n\nThe commitment forms part of Labor's Medicare cancer plan, unveiled on Thursday in the budget reply speech.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n Bowenchris One word LIBERAL Party voters hate is MEDICARE... So let me say that Labor party safty nets name again 'MEDICARE' lol Another Bowen scare campaign There's nothing scarier than a Shorten Labor govt all of Australia knows that auspol skynews Bowenchris So it’s okay to cherry pick and use the emotive cancer scare. Just forgot about the Cardiac and Dementia group but then they are mostly old so no votes there?
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Shorten launches campaign on healthcare, climate change, affordable homes | Sky News AustraliaLabor leader Bill Shorten has launched his federal election campaign on better healthcare, affordable homes and greater climate change action. \n\nIf successful at the May 18 election, Mr Shorten vowed his party would ‘manage the economy in the interest of working and middle-class people’. \n\nMr Shorten says Australians must ‘face a real and vital choice’ at the polls, whether to choose between ‘Labor’s energy or the government’s tiredness’. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n mirandadevine billshortenmp Been telling lies his whole life so if he ain't good at it no one is mirandadevine billshortenmp But what about the 'poor' who will join the public housing queue under Labor when investors sell off private rentals?the 'poor' who have to pay more for cars, fuel, energy, services & products they can't afford now?no more meat just eat veg?an education & skills for what Work?
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Shorten is 'underselling our healthcare system for political points' | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Chris Kenny says Bill Shorten is ‘underselling the fantastic work of our healthcare system and its workers just to score political points’. \n\nIn Mr Shorten’s Budget reply on Thursday, the Labor Leader pledged $2.3 billion towards treatment for cancer patients, saying ‘the out-of-pocket costs can be devastating’. \n\nWhile he said there was always room to improve healthcare, Mr Kenny says there is a string of cancer patients who can testify to having received quality treatment in the public system. \n\nMr Kenny warned the Labor Leader not to ‘unfairly run our health system down for political advantage because it could look cynical’. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n chriskkenny Career partisan hack has a moan about 'political points' Are we at peak Kenny yet? chriskkenny Its nothing to do with medicos ability. Its all about people having to go broke to stay alive. Which is not on. chriskkenny Chris Kenny has never said one good word about Labor in his life so put it in perspective people... If Bill Shorten awarded all Journo's a 1000% pay increase today. Chris Kenny would still say it was a con or lie or not enough or something. Chris is not a Journo's rear end.
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