National cabinet meets for the first time with Anthony Albanese as PM. Healthcare is on the agenda
State and territory leaders have expressed confidence the federal government will extend health funding boosted during the pandemic in the first meeting of national cabinet since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's election win.State and territory leaders want health funding consistency and an improvement to primary careAlbanese has talked down the prospect of committing to additional funding
As he arrived this morning, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said he was hopeful the support would continue. "All we want is some time, we want to buy some time to do some really important work whether that's three months, six months, whatever it might be we can't proceed in September to cut health funding at a national level, that just doesn't make any sense," he said.
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