Bill
Doctors for the Bush Bill 2024
lapsed, as at 2025-03-28.
- Sponsor
- Andrew Gee
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2024-11-25
- second reading — 2024-11-25
- other — 2025-03-28
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2024-11-25.
The bill would give rural and remote parts of Australia priority for International Medical Graduates.
It would do this by stopping areas classified as Modified Monash Model MM1 and MM2 from being classed as Distribution Priority Areas.
The explanatory memorandum does not specify a start date or financial impact beyond stating the bill would have no financial impact.
- The bill prohibits certain areas being classified as Distribution Priority Areas.
- The bill ensures Distribution Priority Areas for International Medical Graduates are rural and remote parts of Australia.
- The bill addresses the rural and remote doctor shortage by giving those areas priority for overseas trained doctors.
Rural and remote areas of Australia and International Medical Graduates.
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