| Publication: | The Australian |
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| Date: | 23 February 2010 |
| Section: | Politics |
Sid Maher
Article excerpt:
KEVIN Rudd has moved to create his second double-dissolution trigger, reintroducing the private health insurance rebate bill into a hostile Senate, as the government was forced to fend off allegations of chaos and waste in the Health Department. As the Prime Minister yesterday used question time to attack Tony Abbott's opposition to the private health insurance rebate, saying it would rob the health system of billions, opposition health spokesman Peter Dutton called for an inquiry into the allegations raised by a former speech writer Myles Peterson.
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