What was (and wasn’t) in last night’s Federal Budget

Parental support, modifying the Modified Monash Model and the eternal recurrence of reform
Geir O'Rourke
Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

There were no big bangs for general practice in last night’s Federal Budget – which can be a good thing.

But buried in the budget papers were some significant changes.

Here is the list.

The Federal Government has dumped its plans to link GP telehealth rebates with voluntary patient enrolment after leaving funding for the scheme out of last night’s budget.