Services minister says number of outstanding cases cut from 1.35m to 460,000. Follow the day’s news live
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Bill Shorten will be out and about this morning wearing his minister for government services hat, claiming that under federal Labor, the backlog of Medicare and Centrelink claims has been reduced by 66%, and that processing times have reduced by 73% on last year for people applying for jobseeker payments.
Some 890,000 outstanding claims had been resolved, Shorten said in a statement overnight, with the total now down from 1.35m in early February to “a regular number” of around 460,000.
Continue reading…Services minister says number of outstanding cases cut from 1.35m to 460,000. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBill Shorten will be out and about this morning wearing his minister for government services hat, claiming that under federal Labor, the backlog of Medicare and Centrelink claims has been reduced by 66%, and that processing times have reduced by 73% on last year for people applying for jobseeker payments.Some 890,000 outstanding claims had been resolved, Shorten said in a statement overnight, with the total now down from 1.35m in early February to “a regular number” of around 460,000. Continue reading…