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Australians will be able to get cheaper medications from September 1 after the Parliament passed the government's changes to PBS allowing 60-day dispensing at the same cost and a last-ditch effort by the Coalition to block it failed.Listen to the SBS Sinhala radio digital explainer today to know these new changes.

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Australians will be able to get cheaper medications from September 1 after the Parliament passed the government's changes to PBS allowing 60-day dispensing at the same cost and a last-ditch effort by the Coalition to block it failed.Listen to the SBS Sinhala radio digital explainer today to know these new changes.

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