The Turnbull Government continues to turn a blind eye to Australian families struggling with housing affordability, cost of living and increasing medical costs, says Labor MP Dr Mike Freelander.
The federal member for Macarthur says healthcare and housing affordability are two of the biggest burdens on Australians and Australian families.
On healthcare, Dr Freelander points out that for the first time since 2010 medical bills and illness are the primary causes for non-business related personal insolvency.
The number of specialists who bulk bill is drastically decreasing while fees and gap payments are increasing.
“Having ill health or lack of insurance listed as the primary cause of non-business related personal insolvency is unacceptable,’’ Dr Freelander said.
“We are kidding ourselves if we say that every Australian has access to the healthcare they need.
“This is just not the case.
[social_quote duplicate=”no” align=”default”]“Australian’s should not have to go into debt to access the healthcare they need.[/social_quote]
“This government refuses to address or even see the dire situation so many Australians are in.
“Is our universal healthcare system really universal?”
Secondly, says Dr Freelander, we have yet again seen today that the government’s self-righteousness has got in the way of the truth.
Treasury documents show the Turnbull Government’s claims that Labor’s policy on negative gearing would take a “sledgehammer’’ to the Australian economy are blatantly untrue.
The treasury documents released today through a Freedom Of Information application, have supported Labor’s claims that changes to negative gearing would ease house prices.
“We have to ask ourselves what kind government receives advice from the treasury department, ignores it, and says the opposite,’’ Dr Freelander said.
“The truth is that this government has no desire to help middle and working class Australians access the housing market.
“This government has one priority and that is to protect the wealthiest in this country.”
I am looking forward to getting a Government that is prepared to provide a means where sick people can check doctors costs and compare their records before making a choice to go under the knife. I have had a recent experience that as soon as it was determined that I was not suitable for a major operation,and a big fee, they were not interested in my case.
Perhaps we could get Labor to stop supporting the insane push for a ‘Big Australia’ of 45 million people (that the vast majority of Australians do not support), and reduce our immigration program back from 250,000+ per year to the historical average of 70,000 per year. Let’s be #BetterNotBigger and Vote 1 Sustainable Australia.