Medicine price freeze and $2.2bn for home and aged care among Australia’s federal budget health measures
New mental health service and Medicare urgent care clinics funded alongside ways to keep pensioners and older Australians out of hospitalFederal budget 2024 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech – latest newsExplore all of our 2024 Australia federal budget coverageGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOlder Australians will have access to 24,000 new home care places to support them staying in their own house rather than enterin