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Will bigger emergency departments cut Victoria's hospital waits?

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Oct 26, 2026

Will bigger emergency departments cut Victoria's hospital waits?

Labor's $1.5 billion plan builds more room at the front door of 12 hospitals, but the longest queue sits further inside.

Will cutting the over-65s health rebate push older Australians onto public hospital queues?

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Oct 15, 2026

Will cutting the over-65s health rebate push older Australians onto public hospital queues?

Barely, on the best evidence, but the real cost lands in pensioners' budgets and in quiet policy downgrades that nobody in Canberra has counted.