Hospitals will cope under strain of COVID-19 cases, health boss says

Dan Jervis-Bardy
Updated October 6 2021 - 6:07am, first published 5:30am
Health Department secretary Professor Brendan Murphy. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Health Department secretary Professor Brendan Murphy. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Questions surround a secret report on how hospitals would manage under the strain of higher COVID-19 cases, as the stoush between the Morrison government and the states and territories over health funding intensifies.

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Federal Politics Reporter

Dan covers federal politics from Parliament House, with a special focus on climate policy and the NDIS. He has previously reported on ACT politics and urban affairs since joining the Canberra Times in 2018.