Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I think I know where this might be going. We expect that hospital activity and demand for hospital activity will increase. There has been a decrease in activity because of the pandemic and that has been reflected in adjustments through the activity based funding arrangement, but we are expecting that demand for hospital services will continue to grow as we normalise back into a post-COVID world. I would also say those adjustments in the budget don't take into account the extra funding that went through the COVID payments.