Liberal/National Coalition
Party policy · Healthcare
Abolish GP payroll tax; rural health workforce incentives
Sourced, pending editorial review. Policies are summarised from each party's official material and independent sources captured on 10 November 2026. Summaries were compiled by automated research and have not yet been checked by a human editor — open the cited source to confirm.
What is being promised
Remove payroll tax on GP clinics, fund free meningococcal B vaccines, invest $40m in rural health workforce incentives, and halve the elective surgery waitlist.
How it is intended to work
Tax change for GP clinics; incentive payments of up to $10,000 for hard-to-fill regional health jobs.
Who may be affected
- GP clinics and patients
- Regional health workers
- Families with children and teenagers
- Announced cost
- $40 million over four years (workforce scheme)
- Funding mechanism
- Not stated on the source page
- Proposed timeline
- Four years (workforce scheme)
- The Nationals say the GP tax will be axed so practices can bulk-bill more patients.
- The Nationals say they will fund free meningococcal B vaccinations for children and teenagers.
- The Nationals say they will invest $40m in a Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme.
- Lists halving the elective surgery waitlist through "Surgery Sooner".
Important uncertainties
- No detail of "Surgery Sooner" was available on the captured page.
- No published Parliamentary Budget Office costing was found as at 10 Nov 2026.
Positions on key approaches
Public dental care should be free for all Victorians.
No documented position. No position found in captured sources.
Hospital capacity should be expanded to cut waiting times.
Supports. Halve the elective surgery waitlist.
Payroll tax on GP clinics should be removed.
Supports. Abolish the GP payroll tax.