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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Soofia Tariq

'We need to reconsider': Labor MP breaks ranks on mental health sessions cuts

Labor backbencher Josh Burns wants the government to reconsider the decision to halve mental health sessions. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

A Labor backbencher has broken ranks to criticise the federal government's decision to halve the number of subsidised mental health sessions to the pre-COVID amount, asking his party to "reconsider this decision".

Josh Burns, who represents the Melbourne-based seat of Macnamara, released a statement on Wednesday morning raising concerns about Labor's decision to reduce the number of Medicare subsidised psychologist appointments from 20 to 10.

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