Cam Slater: There’s a Reason You Don’t Do This

There is an unwritten rule that you don’t bring family members into the political debate. If you do you run the risk of blowback on you, and worse, on them. They didn’t choose to be involved and every time I see it happen I cringe. After the budget, that is exactly what Arena Williams did: she brought her father into the political debate.

Lindsay Mitchell: Scrapping $5 fee makes no sense

Yesterday, as part of the Wellbeing Budget 2023, the government announced the scrapping of the $5 prescription charge. This will cost $170 million annually covering around 29 million scripts.

They have done this because an estimated 3 percent of adults apparently do not collect their medicine because they can't afford the $5 fee (which is capped at $100 over a year).

But the vast majority of patients DO collect and pay for their medicines.