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While the headline number was a 3.73 per cent increase, what it concealed was that four of the big five funds had higher increases. Now National Seniors Australia wants to make private health insurance an election issue.

Lingering distrust over last year’s data breach made Optus the most distrusted brand in Australia in the year through June and confirmed falling trust for telecoms, while retailers Woolworths and Coles again topped the most-trusted list.