Shorten backs Medicare levy rise but only for top two tax brackets

By James Massola
Updated May 12 2017 - 2:28pm, first published 2:18pm
Minister Senator Mathias Cormann at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 11 May 2017. Fedpol Photo: Andrew Meares  Photo: Andrew Meares
Minister Senator Mathias Cormann at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 11 May 2017. Fedpol Photo: Andrew Meares Photo: Andrew Meares

Labor will back government plans to raise the Medicare levy by half a per cent, raising billions in revenue for the National Disability Insurance Scheme - but only for people in the top two tax brackets.

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