Liberal Medicare ad referred to AEC after Labor complaint over health department link

Greg Hunt rejects Mark Butler's claims that misleading' newspaper ad suggests the department endorses the Coalition

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A Liberal party ad on Medicare funding has been referred to the electoral commission, after Labor claimed the government had tried to trick people into thinking the health department had endorsed the Coalition.

There was a furious response from the outgoing health minister, Greg Hunt, who called the complaint from his Labor counterpart, Mark Butler, an attempt to disparage the good work of the Department of Health", and accused Labor of blatant lies" about medical funding.