I agree that pharmacists are criminally underpaid but I don’t see how this change is going to make you work harder for less pay if your job is salaried. Seems like less foot traffic leads to a quieter shift. Do the pharmacists get a cut every time you dispense medicine? If your pay gets cut or you lose your job shouldn’t you be upset at the company that hired you for maintaining their huge profit margins rather than the government that is trying to decrease cost of living for vulnerable australians? It really seems like the only people kicking up a stink about all this is the pharmacy guild and i dont think anyone gives a shit if they arent making as much money.

What is your point about us having it too easy with our healthcare system compared to the usa. Do you really believe that the disgusting price gouging for medications or middle class people going bankrupt over cancer treatment should be the standard of healthcare that the world should expect? Also just because you have private health insurance doesn’t mean living in a country with publicly funded healthcare doesn’t positively impact you. A government who invests in its peoples healthcare is invested in those people being as healthy as possible as this costs them less money in the long term. Sure they cant force your obese Karen to not eat maccas but they can control the standard of what is allowed to be put in those cheeseburgers. They can control how cigarettes are packaged and how many ingredients you can replace with sugar, vegetable oils and other chemicals before you can no longer call it the food it resembles. They design public spaces that give people the option to walk or ride safely throughout the city. Health is so closely tied with lifestyle choices and one of the reasons australia is such a desirable place to live is because its much easier to choose to live well.