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At a hospital grand round on mental health funding, a registrar is asked how much Australia spends on mental health. She finds several different figures in circulation: government recurrent expenditure on mental health-related services, recurrent expenditure by state and territory specialised mental health services alone, Medicare benefits paid for mental health items, spending on mental health-related prescriptions, and the total economic cost of mental ill health estimated by the Productivity Commission. Which one of the following is closest to total Australian recurrent expenditure on mental health-related services in 2022 to 2023?
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