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Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Pharmacists claim children at risk of overdose under Labor’s two-for-one prescription changes

Guild Mark Butler Australia Peter Dutton The Pharmacy Guild

Starting from September six million Australians who access 325 common medicines will be eligible for two-month prescriptions for the price of one. The government announcement has angered the Pharmacy Guild. — From September, 6 million Australians who access 325 common medicines will be eligible for two-month prescriptions for the price of one. Photograph: Melanie Foster/AAP

Labor MP and paediatrician Mike Freelander has urged colleagues to “hold the line” in the face of a Pharmacy Guild lobbying campaign claiming prescription changes could result in medicine shortages and children overdosing.

The Pharmacy Guild has reacted with fury to changes offering 60-day medicine prescriptions, vowing to tell patients to “ask Albo” – the prime minister, Anthony Albanese – why prices rise or services are cut.

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