Australia news live: NSW schools may ban take-home tests over AI concerns; minister calls urgent meeting over airport chaos
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Per The Guardian, health minister Mark Butler announced that the national Medicare bulk billing rate reached eighty-four point one percent in the June quarter, up nearly five percentage points from the previous year. Increases occurred across every state and territory.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/aug/...
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