First national cabinet meeting to tackle health crisis

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Health care is set to be the key issue on the agenda for the first meeting of the national cabinet since Labor won the federal election.

State and territory leaders will seek increased hospital funding and higher Medicare rebates when the national cabinet meets in coming weeks for the first time since February.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard says the lack of access to bulk-billing GPs is increasing pressure on the hospitals’ emergency departments.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.