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AMA wants GP fee gone

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Original article by Dan Harrison
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 11 : 6/19/2014

The Australian Government’s May 2014 Budget contained a new co-payment of $A7 for visits to general practitioners bulk-billed to Medicare. However, Australian Medical Association (AMA) president Brian Owler has spoken out against the measure, arguing it is based on ideology as well as "unfair and unnecessary". Health Minister Peter Dutton had said the AMA was backing the initiative

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Reforms vital to woo foreign investors

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Original article by Fleur Anderson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 18-Jun-14

The 17-18 June 2014 International CEO Forum in Canberra will feature talks between business leaders and Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Treasurer Joe Hockey, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and shadow treasurer Chris Bowen. The politicians will hear of the results of a new survey, in which 106 CEOs argue that industrial relations reform and deregulation are needed to prevent more multinational corporations withdrawing from Australia. The issue of these businesses shifting profits overseas to escape taxation is secondary, the CEO Forum members say

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