Labor Reverses Cap on Health Support for Veterans
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Australia's government has changed a plan about health help for veterans. Veterans are people who worked in the army, navy, or air force. The government wanted to put a cap on allied health services for veterans. A cap means a limit on something. Allied health includes things like physiotherapy and mental health help.
Senator Jacqui Lambie is a member of the Australian parliament. A parliament is a group of people who make laws for a country. Lambie gave an emotional speech about the cap. She said it was not fair to veterans.
After her speech, the Labor government changed its mind. This is called a backdown. A backdown means stopping a plan after saying no at first. Lambie said she was happy about the backdown.
The news came from a live political update from Australia. Many other political stories were also part of the same day's news.
Vocabulary15 words
- veterans
- people who used to work in the army, navy, or air force
- cap
- a limit on something
- allied health
- health help like physiotherapy or mental health care
- parliament
- a group of people who make laws for a country
- backdown
- stopping a plan after first saying no
- emotional
- showing strong feelings
- senator
- a person who works in parliament
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- policy
- a plan or rule from the government
- speech
- talking to a group of people about one topic
- welcomed
- was happy about something
- changed its mind
- decided something different
- fair
- right and equal for everyone
- help
- support for someone
- limit
- the most or least you can have
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1. Put a cap on allied health for veterans 2. Jacqui Lambie 3. Stopping a plan after first saying no
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Australia's government has changed a plan about health help for _____. Veterans are people who worked in the army, navy, or air force. The government wanted to put a _____ on allied health services for veterans. A cap means a _____ on something. Allied health includes things like physiotherapy and mental health help.
Senator Jacqui Lambie is a member of the Australian _____. A parliament is a group of people who make laws for a country. Lambie gave an _____ speech about the cap. She said it was not _____ to veterans.
After her speech, the Labor government changed its mind. This is called a _____. A backdown means stopping a plan after saying no at first. Lambie said she was happy about the _____.
The news came from a live _____ update from Australia. Many other political stories were also part of the same day's news.
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