Labor Vows to Fund 50 Urgent Medical Centres to Alleviate Strain on Public Hospital System

Labor and opposition leader Anthony Albanese delivering his budget reply speech in Canberra, Australia, on March 31, 2022. Martin Ollman/Getty Images

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has vowed to fund 50 urgent medical care centres across the country if he wins government at the next election.

The centre-left Labor Party leader said the AU$135 million plan was not a copy of a previous policy, saying it “wasn’t delivering the same service.”