http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1818766.htm
"All asylum seekers living in the ACT will be able to receive free health care from next year.
Under the Federal Government's Medicare program, some asylum seekers on temporary protection visas have been forced to pay for public hospital visits, dental and other community health services. The ACT Health Minister Katy Gallagher says the Government has followed the lead of Victoria and granted the exemption. "These asylum seekers aren't able to work, they aren't able to earn an income and therefore to charge them full rate for access to health care is not fair, it's not practical, they can't afford it," she said. "And as a result for these type of asylum seekers many of them are not accessing health services when they need them." [Brief]
