‘Embarrassing backdown’: Labor’s last-minute reprieve for 800,000 Australians
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-08-20 16:01 UTC+10:00
Section: Politics / Federal
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Labour & Workers
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More than 800,000 older Australians will still get Meals on Wheels and other programs at home after Labor abandoned a plan to merge them into its under-pressure aged care system.
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