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Has Peter Dutton ended a campaign fight over Medicare?


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The Prime Minister was hoping to launch a legacy-defining policy on the weekend with his big boost to Medicare funding, targeted to making bulk-billed GP visits available to more Australians. But it only took a few hours for Peter Dutton to adopt the same position, in an attempt to avoid an election fought over Medicare funding.

Where does healthcare rate on the list of concerns for voters in 2025, and who are they more likely to believe when it comes to funding GPs?

Also on the weekend, two fresh polls painted very different pictures of the election trajectory. One showed a lift in Anthony Albanese's approval rating, the other suggested that Labor is danger of a historic loss. What should we view as more trustworthy: the trend or the outlier?

Patricia Karvelas and Jacob Greber break it all down on Politics Now.

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