Albanese commits $2.2bn health funding to overhaul Medicare and expand roles for pharmacists

National cabinet also plans to work on strengthening renters' rights, boosting housing supply and affordability, and improving NDIS

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National cabinet has committed nearly $1.5bn in new funding to overhaul Medicare, as part of a $2.2bn health plan to boost the number of nurses, increase after-hours care and expand the roles of pharmacists and paramedics.

At a national cabinet meeting in Brisbane on Friday, federal and state leaders also committed to developing plans to strengthen the rights of renters and to boost property supply and affordability, in a bid to address the nation's housing crisis and win support for the Albanese government's signature housing policy.

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