QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Ms SHARKIE (Mayo) (15:03): My question's to the Minister for Education. Between June 2022 and June 2024 the Australian population increased by 1.19 million, 4.4 per cent. Over that time, Commonwealth supported places for medicine have effectively stayed the same.

With one in three GPs set to retire, the AMA has forecast a shortfall of 10,000 GPs in Australia. Will you urgently lift the number of Commonwealth supported places to study medicine to help address the doctor shortage in Australia?