Inside Politics: Was this really a budget for women?

Before the budget was handed down earlier this week, Katy Gallagher - the Minister for Finance, Women and the Public Service - tweeted that Labor is, “backing Australian women with the most significant single-year investment in women’s equality in at least the last 40 years”. 

Gallagher said that’s because equality for women isn’t an add-on or a nice to have. That it’s crucial for our prosperity.

But what exactly has Labor promised women? And were they really “winners” in this year’s budget?

And, while the government has put billions of dollars into bulk-billing - which many GPs claim they can no longer afford to do - there is no guarantee doctors will cooperate with the government’s plans. 

Is there any way the government can police bulk billing? What are doctors saying about this budget measure? 

Today, chief political correspondent David Crowe and economics correspondent Rachel Clun join Jacqueline Maley to discuss the week in politics.

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