The ALP has promised $200Mn to bulk-up bulk billing incentives for select pathology services as part of its $2.3Bn cancer fund.

The money will be targeted at reducing out-of-pocket costs and waiting lists for elderly Australians and cancer patients.

The LNP government has spent the first days of the campaign doubling down on its tax incentive rhetoric but has not ruled out matching Labor’s $2.3Bn cancer package.