Opinion

Public Sector Informant: Medicare quietly turns into a poster child for generational inequity

By Paul Mackey
September 7 2021 - 12:00am
Medicare was a central policy proposal at the 1983 federal election, extensively debated and strongly supported by the electorate. Picture: Shutterstock
Medicare was a central policy proposal at the 1983 federal election, extensively debated and strongly supported by the electorate. Picture: Shutterstock

In claiming victory at the 2019 election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison hailed the role of the "quiet Australians" in the Coalition's win. This group was defined in various ways, with one central factor a perceived disinterest in, or disengagement with, politics. Such a position is probably unsurprising, given the grandstanding, dissembling, lack of accountability, blame shifting and general circus-like nature of modern politics and associated policymaking.

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