Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has emphatically denied reports he offered retiring MP Fran Bailey the health portfolio in a bid to get her to stay on in Parliament. Full Article at ABC Online

THE dispute between Malcolm Turnbull and former Howard minister Fran Bailey over whether he offered her Peter Dutton's shadow health portfolio as an inducement not to retire from her marginal seat of McEwen remains unresolved. Full Article at The Australian

The coalition is standing firm on the Rudd government's cut to the Medicare rebate for cataract surgery, because they are on the "side of patients", opposition health spokesman Peter Dutton says. Full Article at Sydney Morning Herald

Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has accused the Opposition of failing to engage its best players in the debate over health reform. Full Article at ABC Online

The federal coalition has come under fire following claims by outgoing Liberal MP Fran Bailey that she was offered Peter Dutton's shadow health portfolio. Full Article at Sydney Morning Herald

VETERAN Liberal MP and former Howard government minister Fran Bailey says Malcolm Turnbull offered her Peter Dutton's shadow health portfolio shortly after Mr Dutton lost a preselection contest for a safe Queensland seat. Full Article at The Australian