{"id":156264,"date":"2025-03-02T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=156264"},"modified":"2025-03-02T12:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T01:54:10","slug":"torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Torquay to get Medicare Urgent Care Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LABOR has announced plans to open a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Torquay if re-elected, following strong community advocacy for better local healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>The clinic will take pressure off University Hospital Geelong, which handled 25,524 non-urgent and semi-urgent emergency presentations in 2023-24.<\/p>\n<p>It is part of Labor\u2019s $644 million expansion of urgent care services, with 50 new Medicare Urgent Care Clinics planned nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156271\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-156271 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC123-1024x683.jpg?_t=1740879995\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC123-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC123-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC123-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC123-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC123-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC123-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents and member for Corangamite Libby Coker campaign roadside for a bulk-billed urgent care clinic on the Surf Coast. Photo: ANGUS SMITH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Torquay clinic is set to open in 2025-26, providing bulk billed, seven-day urgent care for non-life-threatening conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Member for Corangamite, Libby Coker, said the decision followed overwhelming public support for improved healthcare services in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly Labor will deliver a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Torquay so locals can get the free urgent care they need, fully bulk billed, without waiting for hours in a busy hospital emergency department,\u201d Coker said.<\/p>\n<p>A petition calling for a full-scale hospital in Torquay highlighted the demand for improved local healthcare, with widespread community backing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur communities on the Surf Coast rallied behind the push for a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, and I\u2019m so proud that we will deliver this service for Torquay,\u201d Ms Coker said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will be open seven days, for extended hours, and take pressure off our emergency departments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156272\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-156272\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC133-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC133-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC133-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC133-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC133-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC133-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC133-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corangamite federal member Libby Coker campaigning for a Surf Coast urgent care clinic in February. Photo: ANGUS SMITH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The federal government has already opened 87 clinics nationwide, with more than 1.2 million Australians receiving treatment at existing facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Health minister Mark Butler said the clinics have been widely supported by medical professionals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedicare Urgent Care Clinics are an Albanese Government initiative because we believe in Medicare and in free urgent care, fully bulk billed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Torquay clinic would provide access to urgent care for families, retirees, and the growing Surf Coast population, with one-third of all urgent care clinic patients currently under 15 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The government says its urgent care expansion will mean four in five Australians live within 20 minutes of a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic once all new sites are operational.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LABOR has announced plans to open a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Torquay if re-elected, following strong community advocacy for better local healthcare. The clinic will take pressure off University Hospital Geelong, which handled 25,524 non-urgent and semi-urgent emergency presentations in 2023-24. It is part of Labor\u2019s $644 million expansion of urgent care services, with [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":156266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-156264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Torquay to get Medicare Urgent Care Clinic - Surf Coast Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Torquay to get Medicare Urgent Care Clinic - Surf Coast Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LABOR has announced plans to open a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Torquay if re-elected, following strong community advocacy for better local healthcare. The clinic will take pressure off University Hospital Geelong, which handled 25,524 non-urgent and semi-urgent emergency presentations in 2023-24. It is part of Labor\u2019s $644 million expansion of urgent care services, with [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Surf Coast Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-02T01:00:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-02T01:54:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC116-scaled-e1740877153500.jpg?_t=1740880450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1344\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Angus Smith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@angussmithh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Angus Smith\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/news\\\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/news\\\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Angus Smith\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/25bcc2cb3a5fd7fe4016d31a167d1b9b\"},\"headline\":\"Torquay to get Medicare Urgent Care Clinic\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-02T01:00:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-02T01:54:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/news\\\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":385,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/news\\\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/UCC116-scaled-e1740877153500.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/news\\\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/news\\\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\\\/\",\"name\":\"Torquay to get Medicare Urgent Care Clinic - Surf Coast Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/news\\\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/news\\\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/UCC116-scaled-e1740877153500.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-02T01:00:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-02T01:54:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/news\\\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/news\\\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/news\\\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/UCC116-scaled-e1740877153500.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/UCC116-scaled-e1740877153500.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1344,\"caption\":\"Member for Corangamite, Libby Coker, joins residents on the Surf Coast Highway earlier in the week, holding signs in support of a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for Torquay. Photo: ANGUS SMITH\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/news\\\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Torquay to get Medicare Urgent Care Clinic\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Surf Coast Times\",\"description\":\"Free local news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Surf Coast Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/cropped-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/cropped-logo.png\",\"width\":350,\"height\":38,\"caption\":\"Surf Coast Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/25bcc2cb3a5fd7fe4016d31a167d1b9b\",\"name\":\"Angus Smith\",\"description\":\"Angus Smith is editor of the Times News Group\u2019s Northern Rivers publications, overseeing editorial direction for the Byron Coast Times, Lismore Times, Tweed Coast Times and Ballina Times.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/angussmithh\",\"angel\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/author\\\/angussmith\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Torquay to get Medicare Urgent Care Clinic - Surf Coast Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Torquay to get Medicare Urgent Care Clinic - Surf Coast Times","og_description":"LABOR has announced plans to open a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Torquay if re-elected, following strong community advocacy for better local healthcare. The clinic will take pressure off University Hospital Geelong, which handled 25,524 non-urgent and semi-urgent emergency presentations in 2023-24. It is part of Labor\u2019s $644 million expansion of urgent care services, with [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/","og_site_name":"Surf Coast Times","article_published_time":"2025-03-02T01:00:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-02T01:54:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1344,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC116-scaled-e1740877153500.jpg?_t=1740880450","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Angus Smith","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@angussmithh","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Angus Smith","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/"},"author":{"name":"Angus Smith","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#\/schema\/person\/25bcc2cb3a5fd7fe4016d31a167d1b9b"},"headline":"Torquay to get Medicare Urgent Care Clinic","datePublished":"2025-03-02T01:00:27+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-02T01:54:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/"},"wordCount":385,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC116-scaled-e1740877153500.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/","name":"Torquay to get Medicare Urgent Care Clinic - Surf Coast Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC116-scaled-e1740877153500.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-02T01:00:27+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-02T01:54:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC116-scaled-e1740877153500.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/UCC116-scaled-e1740877153500.jpg","width":2560,"height":1344,"caption":"Member for Corangamite, Libby Coker, joins residents on the Surf Coast Highway earlier in the week, holding signs in support of a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for Torquay. Photo: ANGUS SMITH"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/torquay-to-get-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-under-labor-plan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Torquay to get Medicare Urgent Care Clinic"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/","name":"Surf Coast Times","description":"Free local news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#organization","name":"Surf Coast Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo.png","width":350,"height":38,"caption":"Surf Coast Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#\/schema\/person\/25bcc2cb3a5fd7fe4016d31a167d1b9b","name":"Angus Smith","description":"Angus Smith is editor of the Times News Group\u2019s Northern Rivers publications, overseeing editorial direction for the Byron Coast Times, Lismore Times, Tweed Coast Times and Ballina Times.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/angussmithh","angel"],"url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/author\/angussmith\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156264"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=156264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}