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Another day, another hospital funding dispute – how to make sense of today's COAG talks

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) will today consider a proposal from the Prime Minister to give additional funding to the states for public hospitals.

The Commonwealth is partially reversing cuts it made to public hospital funding in its 2014 budget, offering a new A$3-5 billion three year deal. But the deal has some unwelcome strings...

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