Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services) Share this | Hansard source

As I said in response to Senator Lambie's first question, through the National Partnership on COVID Response, which is in place until 30 June 2022 and which was agreed by all jurisdictions, the Commonwealth is covering 50 per cent of any additional costs incurred by any state or territory public health and hospital system in responding to COVID-19 outbreaks. The funding is demand driven, and there is no cap on it. Through the partnership, the Australian government has provided over $6.6 billion to any state or territory where there have been additional costs for the direct costs of diagnosing and treating COVID-19 and for the broader public health costs of contact tracing, outbreak management and vaccination.