Labor’s spin that people on lower incomes will not be affected by the means test thresholds ($80,000 for singles and $160,000 for couples) does not stack up. Once the insurance pool shrinks, premiums go up Research by Deloitte shows that 1.6 million people in the government’s target income brackets will dump their private hospital cover, with another 4.3 million downgrading it.
positive towards the military, for example for military spending or rearmament or military treaty obligations