Australia politics live: BoM told to make changes to new website; one in 10 couldn’t afford necessary health care
Environment minister tells bureau chief that revamp is ‘not meeting many users’ expectations’. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOnly one in three people feel confident they could afford necessary care if they became seriously ill, according to new...
<p>Environment minister tells bureau chief that revamp is ‘not meeting many users’ expectations’. Follow updates live</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Only one in three people feel confident they could afford necessary care if they became seriously ill, according to new national research released today by the Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF).</p><p>The group’s national consumer sentiment survey released today also found that one in 10 Australians couldn’t afford the medical care they needed last year.</p><p>Consumers have told us that Australian health remains deeply unequal, particularly for young adults, people with chronic diseases and people struggling to make ends meet.</p><p>The survey is telling us that people are delaying or skipping care altogether because of cost and other access barriers. In 2025 the community expects that people can get healthcare when and where they need it.</p><p>Every day of delay on these reforms is hurting our environment and costing business time and money. The Coalition and the Greens must decide whether or not they will back these important reforms or team up to delay them yet again. Will they put their own political gain ahead of the environment and business, or will they support our important laws.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/oct/29/federal-politics-parliament-victoria-queensland-bom-labor-coalition-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-abs-inflation-apec-summit-afp-press-club-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
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