"Labor will be able to claim it is putting universal health care ahead of tax cuts for big business"

As the national election campaign gets into top gear, Labor leader Bill Shorten promises to end a freeze on Medicare rebates and protect it from privatization, saying Prime Minister Turnbull’s “only plans for Medicare are to cut bulk billing and to privatize it.” The Australian Financial Review reports that “Labor will be able to claim it is putting universal health care ahead of tax cuts for big business. It has also promised to oppose plans to privatize Medicare's back office operations, something the government has been planning for almost three years.” Both Shorten and Turnbull have promised not to privatize Australia Post.