Labor frontbencher Andrew Leigh shifts position on previous support for a GP fee

By Matthew Knott
Updated April 28 2014 - 11:13am, first published 10:52am
Andrew Leigh: supported GP co-payments in 2003. Photo:  Elesa Lee
Andrew Leigh: supported GP co-payments in 2003. Photo: Elesa Lee

Labor's shadow assistant treasurer Andrew Leigh was once a strong supporter of a compulsory fee for visits to the doctor - a policy now slammed by the opposition as a “GP tax” that would hurt the community’s most vulnerable.

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