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Australia’s states and territories are demanding the Morrison government provide an immediate funding boost to help them manage the “unrelenting strain” on health and hospital systems because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Guardian Australia has obtained a copy of a letter of demand that state and territory health ministers sent to the federal health minister, Greg Hunt, on Thursday. Premiers and chief ministers backed in the new funding demand during Friday’s national cabinet discussion.
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