Media Releases
News and information from Mutual Community
The media releases below are provided for the benefit of media representatives, analysts and our customers. The information contained within them relates to Mutual Community and its private health insurance and general insurance products, services and announcements.For all general and customer enquiries please contact us online or on 131 243.
Mutual Community puts members first with below average premiums, again |
23 February 2010 | ||
| As a leading private health insurer, Mutual Community today announced a lower than industry average premium increase for the ninth consecutive year. | |||
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2010 Mutual Community Challenge Tour a huge success |
22 January 2010 | ||
| Today saw more than 8,000 participants ride in the 2010 Mutual Community Challenge Tour, the biggest event in the Santos Tour Down Under. | |||
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Cancer Council SA target $100,000 in Unite in the fight campaign |
20 January 2010 | ||
| Entrants in the 2010 Mutual Community Challenge Tour, the biggest event in the Santos Tour Down Under, are this year on track to raise more than $100,000 for Cancer Council SA. | |||
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Mutual Community continues to ride with the Santos Tour Down Under |
11 January 2010 | ||
| For close to 8000 cycling enthusiasts, the highlight of the Santos Tour Down Under will no doubt be riding the same course as the world's best in the Mutual Community Challenge Tour. | |||
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Love a healthy challenge? The feeling's mutual |
11 January 2010 | ||
| Mutual Community actively supports the communities in which it operates. This ranges from local to national initiatives that encourage all Australians to make positive lifestyle choices in order to live longer, healthier, happier lives. | |||
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World Iron Man Champion rides for cancer in the Challenge Tour |
11 January 2010 | ||
| Guy Leech, winner of seven Iron Man Championships, and holder of a world Iron Man Title, will ride alongside more than 8000 participants in the Mutual Community Challenge Tour on Friday 22 January, part of the 2010 Santos Tour Down Under. | |||
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Removal of No-Gap contract with Sonic Healthcare for in-hospital pathology services |
24 December 2009 | ||
| Mutual Community has endeavoured to negotiate an ongoing provider contract with Sonic that is in the best interests of our members for more than five months. | |||
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Update: Changes to the Medicare schedule fee for cataract procedures |
7 December 2009 | ||
| As part of the 2009-10 Federal Budget, the Federal Government undertook a review of some Medicare-funded medical services. | |||
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A million good reasons that matter to Mutual Community customers |
7 September 2009 | ||
| Leading healthcare company Bupa Australia today launched a unified customer promise and marketing campaign that highlights the myriad different reasons why people take out health insurance under its trusted brands, HBA, MBF and Mutual Community. | |||
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Mutual Community welcomes an iconic champion |
31 August 2009 | ||
| News that the world's greatest cyclist will again be competing in the Santos Tour Down Under has given a welcome boost to the Mutual Community Challenge Tour. | |||
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Bupa welcomes the NHHRC's bold health reform blueprint |
30 July 2009 | ||
| Bupa Australia, which operates under the trusted private health insurance brands HBA, MBF and Mutual Community, has congratulated the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) for its bold and ambitious health reform blueprint, released this week by the Federal Government. | |||
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Update: Changes to the Medicare levy surcharge thresholds |
1 July 2009 | ||
| If you don't have private hospital cover, the Australian Taxation Office will charge you an extra 1% of your taxable income under the Medicare levy surcharge (MLS). This is in addition to the 1.5% Medicare Levy - which everybody pays. | |||
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2009 Budget update: Proposed changes to the private health insurance rebate |
24 June 2009 | ||
| The Federal Government's proposed means testing of the 30% private health insurance rebate, and increases in the Medicare Levy Surcharge, have passed through the House of Representatives. | |||
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Mutual Community announces creative and media partner appointments |
18 June 2009 | ||
| Mutual Community has concluded a thorough creative and media agency pitch process, announcing the successful agencies today. | |||
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Mutual Community says rebate changes place additional pressure on millions of Australians |
13 May 2009 | ||
| Mutual Community's Managing Director, Richard Bowden, commented today on the Federal Government's proposed changes to the private health insurance rebate and the Medicare Levy Surcharge (MLS), saying that they are a dark cloud above Australia's health horizon. | |||
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A message from Richard Bowden to customers regarding proposed changes to the private health insurance rebate |
13 May 2009 | ||
| The Federal Government has confirmed the changes it wants to make to the private health insurance rebate and the Medicare Levy Surcharge (MLS). | |||
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Important message from Richard Bowden to Mutual Community customers |
8 May 2009 | ||
| Understandably, recent media report (The Australian, 08/05/09) that the Federal Government is considering reducing the private health insurance rebate for higher income earners may cause some of our customers concern. | |||
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Mutual Community launches mobile healthcare information at customers' fingertips |
5 May 2009 | ||
| Mutual Community today launched an innovative software application designed to provide customers with access to free, mobile healthcare provider information. | |||
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Bupa proudly embraces Earth Hour 09 |
26 March 2009 | ||
| Bupa Australia - which operates under the trusted and respected brands, MBF, HBA, Mutual Community and Clear View - is delighted to announce it will once again participate in Earth Hour. | |||
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Bupa Australia champions equality in the workplace |
18 March 2009 | ||
| Bupa Australia today announced it has been recognised as an 'Employer of Choice for Women'* by the Federal Government's Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA). | |||
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Mutual Community premium increase less than the industry average for the eighth consecutive year |
2 March 2009 | ||
| Mutual Community today announced its private health insurance premiums would rise by an average of 6.0%, or less than $1.50 a week, for a single membership. | |||
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Bupa Australia pledges $100,000 and establishes a Bushfire Relief Fund to help ease pain and suffering |
10 February 2009 | ||
| Bupa Australia today announced it would provide a $100,000 cash donation to the Red Cross bushfires appeal, as well as matching employee donations and initiating a relief fund, in support of the many thousands of Australians who have been affected by the Victorian bushfires. | |||
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Fiona Stanley receives a public 'thank you' |
28 November 2008 | ||
| Professor Fiona Stanley AC has been honoured by her peers for her tireless efforts to make health and medical research a higher national priority. | |||
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New Managing Director for Bupa Australia |
16 November 2008 | ||
| Bupa Asia Pacific Managing Director Dean Holden today announced that Mr Richard Bowden had officially taken over as Managing Director of the company. | |||
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Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds |
16 October 2008 |
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| Bupa Australia Deputy Managing Director Richard Bowden said today the company accepted the Parliament's decision to approve revised increases to the Medicare Levy Surcharge thresholds to $70,000 for singles, and $140,000 for families. |
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