PM’s meeting last week with the state and territory leaders agreed to a review of the public health system, badly in need of significant reform.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s $760million fix to avert the pandemic health funding crisis around Australia was hailed as a first effort to put politics aside, but it is unlikely to bring the hospital system back into good health any time soon.
And “refreshingly collaborative,” is how NSW Liberal Premier Dominic Perrottet described the co-operation around the national cabinet table.Queensland’s Annastacia Palaszczuk said the tone of the talks, and the $760 million outcome, represented a “refreshing change” from the Scott Morrison era. “What it’s about is a recognition that our hospital system at the moment has people who should be looked after by their local GP, but GPs are just unavailable,” the Prime Minister explained.
“The hospital crisis was largely ignored in the election campaign, despite the full chorus of premiers demanding more funding.“The former prime minister rejected these calls. The new Prime Minister has offered to talk it through, but it will be a missed opportunity if the discussion is just about money.
“If governments can’t afford to invest in health properly, to give us the minimum level of healthcare that we all expect, then we might need to look at increasing taxes, to look at revenue, look at doing whatever needs to be done to ensure that Australians’ healthcare is properly looked after going forwards.”
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