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Medicare outsourcing a 'licence to steal'

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Claims processing must be in the hands of public servants who are not motivated by profit, medical billing services pioneer Margaret Faux has written in a passionate defence of Medicare.

Female DFAT boss would be a 'milestone'

Foreign minister Julie Bishop in Perth on Tuesday 14 June 2016. with Malcolm Turnbull Election2016 Photo: Andrew Meares

If Julie Bishop is about to appoint the first ever woman to head the prestigious and powerful Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade she kept her cards close to her chest on Monday.