Billionaire tax to fund Greens’ $7.5bn plan for Medicare to cover dental

‘The Greens will make Clive Palmer pay more tax so you can fix your teeth,’ says Adam Bandt of the party’s dental policy to be funded by higher taxes on billionaires and a corporate ‘super profits tax’. Photograph: Russell Freeman/AAP

The Greens will announce on Wednesday a $7.5bn a year policy to include dental into Medicare, which the party says will be a key priority if it holds the balance of power.

Speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday, Greens leader Adam Bandt will announce that the policy could be funded by billionaires and large corporations paying their “fair share of tax”.