SOCIAL SECURITY
AUSTRALIAN PLANS
(Rec. 1 p.m.) CANBERRA, Feb. 8. Plans for a free Australian medical service will be discussed this week by Commonwealth Government representatives and New Zealand Social Security officers now on a special mission here. The New Zealand delegation comprises Mr. Digby Smith and Mr. Yon Keisenberg. They are to consult with the Federal Social Security Parliamentary Committee and the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin). Points in the plan to be discussed are: (1) Free service to the community by doctors; (2) free hospital accommodation; (3) free medicine; (4) free dental attention. Its advocates hope that the plan may be implemented before the life of the present Parliament expires. The New Zealand delegation will be asked to advise on the financial aspects of the New Zealand scheme and the experience of the New Zealand Government in obtaining co-operation from the medical profession, as well as on the Dominion's experience in providing social security benefits for the unemployed, for widows and their dependants, and for orphans.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1943, Page 5
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SOCIAL SECURITY
Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1943, Page 5
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