Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I wish to add to and correct an answer that I gave to the member for Denison. I referred to the new heads of agreement between the Commonwealth and states and territories on public hospital funding from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2020. That agreement retains activity based funding as the main financing mechanism, including the use of the national efficient price, and caps national growth in Commonwealth funding at 6.5 per cent a year. It is estimated that states will be significantly better off by approximately $2.9 billion over the three years of the agreement.