THE PARTIES’ PLEDGES

LABOR

Provide free rapid antigen tests

Increase Australia’s sovereign manufacturing capacity in medical essentials, like testing equipment, masks, PPE and ventilators

Give first priority to Australianmade medical technology for government purchases in consumables and equipment

Establish an Australian Centre for Disease Control.

$2.47m for telehealth nurses for people with rare diseases

Expanding the overseas trained and bonded doctor access to Medicare, ensuring more GPs work in outer suburban and regional centres.