New funding for public hospitals in limbo

18/11/2025 4 min
New funding for public hospitals in limbo

Listen "New funding for public hospitals in limbo "

Episode Synopsis


Future funding for public hospitals remains in limbo across the country, with states and territories on a collision course with the federal government over a new agreement.They are holding the Commonwealth to a promise to fund 42.5 per cent of public hospitals by 2030.But a demand from the Prime Minister to rein in hospital spending drew an angry rebuke from some health ministers yesterday.Guest: Ryan Park, Minister for Health of New South WalesProducer: Jason Whittaker 

More episodes of the podcast Radio National Breakfast