<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>David Crisafulli once said of Prime Minister </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/anthony-albanese" rel="" target="_blank" title="Anthony Albanese"><span>Anthony Albanese</span></a><span> that there's nothing that the pair can't solve over a bit of common sense and an Italian meal.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But seems Crisafulli has found the dealbreaker in their so-called "cannoli diplomacy".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Queensland premier is expected today to formally reject the federal government's hospital funding proposal and has blasted the PM for shortchanging the state.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sam-moodie-swooped-by-magpie-walk-home-from-school/579e32d2-8ef3-424c-ba5b-4d9e9a96af57" target="_blank" title="'Straight into the eye': Girl, 12, hospitalised after magpie swoop"><strong><span>'Straight into the eye': Girl, 12, hospitalised after magpie swoop</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-police-state-government-to-probe-why-neonazis-could-use-parliament-as-stage-for-anti-jewish-rally/66839206-4fcf-4623-ad25-d4c36b20be45" rel="" target="_blank" title="Calls for tougher laws after 'disgraceful' mistake allows neo-Nazi protest to take place"><strong><span>Calls for tougher laws after 'disgraceful' mistake allows neo-Nazi protest to take place</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The proposal would see Australian states and territories share in about 35 per cent of the Commonwealth's share of hospital funding – a major shortfall of the 42.5 per cent originally promised.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was originally proposed that the federal share of public hospital funding will rise from 40.3 per cent to 42.5 per cent by 2030.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-premier-david-crisafulli-blasts-anthony-albanese-federal-government-over-hospital-funding/86b9bebf-c651-42eb-892b-4d00376f347c" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The premier said this new figure is not something he is willing to accept for Queensland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We will not allow the Commonwealth to short-change Queensland's health system," Crisafulli said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Cannoli diplomacy is off the menu until a fair health deal is back on the table."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Crisafulli has also accused the government of leaving hundreds of Queenslanders with mild disabilities stranded in the state's hospital system.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Part of the hospital deal would see states co-fund new supports which are aimed at moving people with mild autism off the NDIS.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Crisafulli said earlier he expects other state leaders to follow suit.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&hl=en_AU&pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>
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