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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos and Adeshola Ore

Victorian opposition promises $500 dental vouchers as Labor pledges new medical scanners

Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy
Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy says his plan to fix the health system ‘isn’t just about hospitals – it’s also about dental’. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Pledges for $44m worth of new hospital equipment and $500 dentist vouchers have been made by Victoria’s major parties, as health became a key focus of the state election campaign.

The opposition leader, Matthew Guy, on Thursday said a Coalition government would make $500 vouchers available to 32,000 Victorians – or half the state’s emergency dental wait list – to access treatment at a private clinic.

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