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.
Several earlier announcements from the party including higher welfare payments, free childcare, and subsidies for energy workers pushed out by renewable energy development, would all be funded by the Greens’ tax plan.
“The Greens will introduce a billionaires’ tax, which will tax the growing list of 131 billionaires in Australia six percent of their wealth every year,” Bandt said.
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