Doctors say Labor policy would tempt GPs away from the bush

Pathi Raj

MEDICAL professionals have slammed the Labor Party’s election promise to solve GP shortages in metropolitan areas, saying it will exacerbate doctor shortages in rural and remote communities. Shadow health minister Mark Butler recently promised that the Labor Party would expand areas in which international medical graduates and bonded doctors could work to gain a Medicare […]

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