Government moves to crack down on 'Mediscare' tactics with new law on impersonating Commonwealth entities

By Tom McIlroy
Updated February 16 2017 - 10:18pm, first published 11:24am
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called Labor's Medicare campaign "an extraordinary act of dishonesty".  Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called Labor's Medicare campaign "an extraordinary act of dishonesty". Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
The controversial text message warning of a threat to Medicare from the Coalition. Photo: supplied
The controversial text message warning of a threat to Medicare from the Coalition. Photo: supplied

Burned by Labor's successful Mediscare federal election strategy, the Turnbull government is preparing to introduce new criminal penalties including jail time for anyone convicted of impersonating a Commonwealth entity.

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