The Rudd Government will invest $148 million to ensure that more junior doctors can experience a career in general practice before they become a fully fledged doctor.The Government’s investments will expand overall training capacity in the system, as well as encourage more graduating students to choose a career in general practice..
The Rudd Government will invest $339 million to increase GP training places to record levels to deliver better health and better hospitals for all Australians.
The Rudd Government will invest $145 million to train more specialist doctors where the community needs them, to deliver better health and better hospitals for all Australians.
The Rudd Government will invest $632 million to train a record number of doctors - to tackle doctor shortages, expand capacity and deliver better health and better hospitals.In total, the Rudd Government’s investments will deliver an additional 5,500 new or training General Practitioners, 680 medical specialists, and 5400 pre-vocational general practice program (PGPPP) training places over the next ten years.
Recent figures show that the mix of an ageing and growing population, rising levels of chronic disease and increasing cost of medical treatments is going to weigh heavily on our future health and hospital system.
The Assistant Treasurer, Senator Nick Sherry, and the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Alan Griffin, have today announced the Royal Australian Mint will next month issue a collectible 20 cent coin commemorating Australia’s Lost Soldiers of Fromelles.
Women in the Pacific and East Timor will be given an opportunity to improve their business skills and develop professional networks through a three-day workshop in Vanuatu from 15 to 17 March 2010, the Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, Bob McMullan announced today.
Minister for Employment Participation Mark Arbib today launched the 2010 Aboriginal School Based Traineeship Program, which will see 200 Indigenous high school students work with businesses across Australia.
Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, today launched the new Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) website and recruitment campaign for new Intelligence Officers. ASIO is Australia's security intelligence service whose main role is to gather information and produce intelligence in order to protect Australia's national security.
The Assistant Treasurer, Senator Nick Sherry, today announced Australia has made further progress in its international efforts to improve transparency in the financial system and prevent offshore tax avoidance and evasion.
