Overview
- The prime minister and state premiers confirmed a long‑awaited A$25 billion package to increase hospital funding.
- The settlement formalises the outcome of extended federal–state negotiations on health financing.
- Reporting also described a secret meeting of Sussan Ley’s rivals that cast a shadow over a sombre Liberal gathering in Melbourne.
- Separately, a Qantas flight from Melbourne to Adelaide diverted overnight to an RAAF base in South Australia because of high winds.
- No further issues were reported following the weather‑related diversion.