Anthony Albanese is speaking live from Canberra following his first national cabinet meeting with state and territory leaders. Read more here: auspol nationalcabinet albanese
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese poses for photographs with health care workers. Premiers and chief ministers have called for a 50-50 funding deal to be restored ahead of Friday's national cabinet meeting in Canberra.Change in the nation's health system is about more than funding arrangements, according to Anthony Albanese, as state and territory leaders get set to meet the prime minister for the first national cabinet under the new government.
"There's a range of issues with regards to hospitals ... there's a 50 per cent deal that's in place until September because of the pressure that's there on the hospital system," he told Sky News on Friday. "We're inheriting a trillion dollars of debt, what I will do is have constructive discussions with the premiers and chief ministers," he later told the Nine Network.
Ahead of the meeting, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said state and territory leaders were united in their push for equal funding."National cabinet worked well in terms of dealing with the pandemic, but now is a great opportunity to discuss a lot of issues and get things done for this country."South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas said health would remain the most important topic of discussion during the talks.
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