Free Dental for All: Australian Greens’ Latest Election Pitch

Free Dental for All: Australian Greens’ Latest Election Pitch
Greens candidate for Richmond, Mandy Nolan and Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt speak to media during a doorstop at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on March 29, 2022. Martin Ollman/Getty Images
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If the Australian Greens hold the balance of power after the next federal election, the left-wing party will push to expand the government’s Medicare program to cover all dental care.

In an address to the National Press Club, leader Adam Bandt revealed that the latest initiative would be funded through stricter—and higher—taxation on the country’s corporations and billionaires.