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GP co-payment set to be dropped as the Coalition mulls blended system The government is considering moves towards a system that would incorporate user-pays, rebates and upfront government payments  Tony Abbott prepares to replace Medicare co-payment as he faces party room – politics live Tony Abbott is preparing to replace the controversial Medicare co-payment once he meets his party room this morning as he tries to bed down his second budget. Follow it live...  Liberal backbencher reveals Abbott government’s $19bn budget gap Some of the measures in a list of savings worth $19bn over the next four years are yet to be put to a Senate vote almost a year after the government’s first budget  George Brandis censured over treatment of Gillian Triggs – as it happened Tony Abbott begins parliamentary week focusing on the budget and national security, announcing $18m to upgrade protection at 54 schools. But leadership speculation continues with trade minister Andrew Robb telling his colleagues to pull their heads in. As it happened
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I exist in a fog. Some days it blows away, but some days it's heavy and suffocating | Anna Spargo-Ryan A quarter of Australians will experience an anxiety condition. It’s not a buzzword, it’s real, and it means I’ve been afraid since before I knew what it was to be afraid
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Gillian Triggs is up against bullies and pests at hearing, Sarah Hanson-Young says – video Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs should be commended for taking on the federal government's treatment of refugees
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