Turnbull tears up secret hospital plan
The Turnbull government has rejected a radical health department hospital funding proposal.
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Adam Gartrell
Adam Gartrell is the health and industrial relations correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Parliament House
Greg Hunt shoots down department's secret hospital plan
A radical overhaul of hospital funding has been rejected by Health Minister Greg Hunt.
Leaked documents reveal secret plan for radical hospital overhaul
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23 million GP services delayed in Turnbull's Medicare thaw
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Shorten accuses PM of buying doctors' silence
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One Nation adviser Sean Black arrested
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Forrest draws on family experience for anti-cancer push
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Peter Dutton sets a deadline for refugee status application
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Voters reject subsidies for Adani coal mine, poll finds
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