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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Farrer

Morning Mail: prescription shake-up to make medicine cheaper, queen ‘planned to sue Murdoch’s business’, Harry Belafonte dies

Australians will pay less for prescriptions thanks to a budget measure.
Australians will pay less for prescriptions thanks to a budget measure. Photograph: Melanie Foster/AAP

Morning everyone. It’s nice sometimes to lead with what appears to be unequivocally good news, so here goes: Australian patients are expected to save millions of dollars by being allowed to buy two months’ worth of medicine with a single prescription. The change will be in the budget, which, as we also report today, will allocate billions of dollars for improved missile defence.

Plus, new bombshell legal documents filed in Prince Harry’s action against Murdoch’s British newspapers allege they paid a “huge” legal settlement to Prince William. And we look back at the life of Harry Belafonte.

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