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Politics live: petrol prices set to rise ‘even higher’; Labor’s private health reform for over-65s condemned as ‘lazy’

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Mon, 14 Sep 2026 03:33:49 UTC.

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  7. Politics live: petrol prices set to rise ‘even higher’; Labor’s private health reform for over-65s condemned as ‘lazy’

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