Senate debates

Tuesday, 16 June 2020

Questions without Notice

COVID-19, Health Care

2:07 pm

Photo of Michaelia CashMichaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

Throughout the course of COVID-19, the Morrison government has continued to ensure that Australia's health system capacity will meet future challenges. We have reached a new national hospital reform agreement with the states and territories. Under this new agreement the Commonwealth will increase its investment from $100 billion to $131 billion. At the same time, we're delivering a new five-year community pharmacy agreement that expands remuneration for the dispensing of subsidised PBS medicines, community pharmacy medication management programs and services—to $18.349 billion over the five years of the agreement. This is up $1.5 billion from the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement. Again, Australians can be assured that throughout the COVID-19 crisis the Morrison government continues to invest in the health system.

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