JIM CHALMERS MP
TREASURER

MARK BUTLER MP
MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND AGED CARE

JASON CLARE MP
MINISTER FOR EDUCATION

The Albanese Government is delivering a new medical school at the Queensland University of Technology.
 
Our funding is all about training more doctors and strengthening Medicare.
 
This new commitment is fully funded in the Budget and will mean an extra 240 medical students across all year levels.
 
QUT will convert a number of its existing non-medical Commonwealth-supported places (CSPs) into medical CSPs, ensuring this does not impact other national priority or skill shortage areas such as health and teaching.
 
From 2027, QUT will offer 48 new places for medical students to start a medical degree each year, subject to Australian Medical Council accreditation.
 
The new medical school will have an emphasis on primary health care to encourage more medical graduates to become General Practitioners.
 
The Albanese Government is ensuring students have more opportunities to learn in general practice settings, as well as in mental health and aged care.
 
We’re delivering this new medical school at QUT in addition to the $617 million we’re investing to train more doctors and nurses.
 
We are funding the largest GP training program in Australian history, which will see 2000 new GP trainees a year by 2028.
 
As part of this broader investment, we’ll deliver an extra 100 medical CSPs each year from 2026, increasing to 150 per year by 2028. The government will hold a competitive grant round for universities to apply for these medical CSPs later in 2025, with a focus on proposals that build the primary health care workforce.
 
Funding for these measures was provided in the 2025-26 Budget.

As at 31 March 2025.