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Per The Guardian (World), the Victorian premier Ben Carroll and health minister Ingrid Stitt announced yesterday a plan to open ten free public dental clinics if the Labor government wins the November election. As The Guardian (World) tells it, the proposal would provide care to residents without a Medicare card, easing long wait lists and chronic pain among vulnerable Victorians. According to The Guardian (World), it is presented as both a cost-of-living relief and a long-overdue expansion of state health care.

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