Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese holds up a medicare card during a campaign rally at Parramatta town hall in the electorate of Parramatta on Day 30 of the 2025 federal election campaign, Sydney. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners welcomed the Labor government's announcement that, if re-elected, it will launch a new nation-wide service called 1-800 Medicare, in which nurses will be available to provide after hour health advice over the phone. Source: AAP / LUKAS COCH/AAPIMAGE