Keyword "scare campaign" - List of latest news (27 results)

08:29 ‘Scary, risky’: Labor nuclear power move

Anthony Albanese plans to blow up the nuclear power issue as he heads into the final 10 days of the campaign as Labor plots to drive up its vote in the hope of securing a majority government.

21/04 ‘Zero’: McKenzie’s vow on Medicare

Coalition frontbencher Bridget McKenzie has accused employment minister Murray Watt of “lying” to the country over her party’s supposed cuts to Medicare, staring down the barrel of the camera and vowing “zero” clinics would be cut during an intense interview on Sky News.

15/04 Peter Dutton’s ‘American style’ Medicare reforms would have cost families $800 a year

Anthony Albanese is plotting a new assault on Peter Dutton’s Medicare credentials accusing him of previously backing ‘American-style’ reforms including $7 fees for emergency department visits and pathology tests.

06/04 Peter Dutton’s new approach to working from home

Peter Dutton has sensationally dumped his controversial plan to force public servants back into the office, conceding he has “listened” to the backlash from workers who want flexibility.

30/03 PM’s whopping new $200 million promise

Anthony Albanese will shift the focus of his campaign to health policy on Monday, with a pledge of $200 million from the federal government to redevelop a major hospital in Perth’s eastern suburbs.

22/02 Albanese hits Dutton where it hurts most

Anthony Albanese is tipped to call an April election as early as next weekend after announcing his $8 billion investment in Medicare to deliver “free” GP visits for Australians.

22/02 Anthony Albanese reveals $8 billion Medicare offer

Free GP visits will be offered to the vast majority of Australians in a dramatic $8 billion investment in Medicare that the Prime Minister hopes is big enough to save his job and save families hundreds of dollars a year.

20/12 ‘Death spiral’: Peter Dutton’s grim prediction for Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese has distanced himself from a controversial ALP video linking nuclear power to cancer, heart attacks and strokes insisting he’s focused on “the economics of this issue” and the option doesn’t add up.

12/12 Peter Dutton’s massive $331b move to slash bills

Peter Dutton will roll out his nuclear energy plan on Friday urging Australians to pump $331 billion into the switch over the next 25 years but insisting it will cost around half of Labor’s renewables strategy and reduce energy costs.

23/09 Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plan is ‘economic insanity’

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has slammed it as “economic insanity”, but Liberal leader Peter Dutton is forging ahead with his plan to build seven nuclear reactors across five states, should it win the next election, raising the prospect of lower power prices in the long term.

12/03 ‘Need to be dealt with’: Huge ute crackdown

Giant American-style utes and SUVs may soon be charged higher parking fees in a dozen Melbourne suburbs after a council threw its support behind plans to tax the controversial vehicles off city roads.

11/03 ‘Woke utopia’: Plan to tax giant utes slammed

A push to charge higher parking fees in a bid to drive large American-style utes and SUVs off city roads has been slammed as a “woke” money grab and a “horrendous” idea that would hurt working families.

25/12 Two words signal terrifying 2024 move

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10/10 ‘No alternative’: Albo’s stern Voice warning

Anthony Albanese has warned on-the-fence voters there will be no alternative offered should Australians reject the Voice referendum on the weekend.

24/09 ‘Scare campaign’: Sunrise hot Natalie Barr in fiery Voice debate

Sunrise host Natalie Barr has taken a swipe at Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek after she accused the Coalition of running a “scare campaign” over the Voice to parliament.

15/09 Shameless fib at heart of Voice debate

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31/08 Food delivery, Uber prices to rise

The price of having takeaway delivered or catching an Uber will rise under proposed changes to workplace rules, Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has conceded.

21/08 Rinehart CEO slams companies’ Voice support

The chief executive of Gina Rinehart’s agricultural empire has slammed Australian corporations for backing the Yes campaign, saying business should “stay out of it”.

08/08 Host’s stunning swipe at colleague over Voice

Sky News host Peta Credlin has taken an extraordinary swipe at fellow host Chris Kenny over his stance on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, labelling her colleague “anything but a conservative”.

07/08 Fury over $806 medicine claim

Health Minister Mark Butler has condemned the community pharmacy peak body over its latest attack on impending changes to drug dispensing rules, in a move he labelled a “cynical scare campaign” designed to “scare vulnerable aged care residents”.

07/08 ‘Not true’: Sunrise blow-up as Voice craters

Labor Minister Tanya Plibersek has clashed with Sunrise host Natalie Barr and Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce in a heated debate over falling public support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

05/08 Furious farmers’ win over ‘botched’ law

The controversial Aboriginal cultural heritage laws that prompted an army of outraged farmers to rally in an outback hall last month are set to be scrapped, according to new reports.

09/06 Next step in pharmacies’ medicines war

Deputy Opposition leader Sussan Ley has set her sights on community pharmacies in marginal electorates as she escalates her involvement in the pharmacy lobby’s campaign against changes to dispensing rules.

17/05 Albo faces grilling in fiery interview

Anthony Albanese has pushed back against questions about the nation’s near-term migration intake by accusing a journalist interviewing him of using rhetoric plucked from what he described as a Coalition scare campaign.

27/04 Pharmacy boss’ chokes up over Labor script change

The head of Australia’s pharmacy lobby has unleashed an emotional spray on the Albanese government over its plan to double the amount of medicine a person can collect with each script — saying they “don’t give a s**t” about the impact on small businesses.

17/03 Premier slams ‘Labor lies’ about water sell-off

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has hit back against Labor claims that he plans to sell Sydney Water, labelling it “a scare campaign on lies”.

05/03 Treasurer demands answers over video

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has hit back at “ridiculous and dishonest” claims the government is making “reckless” changes to national superannuation policy in a heated rebuttal to his Coalition counterpart.