Government Budget initiative to train and retain country doctors

An Australian Government investment of more than $95 million to set up the Murray-Darling Medical Schools Network will transform rural medical school training, enabling students to undertake most of their education and training in rural areas to provide a continuum for doctors to learn, train and work in the regions.

The Minister for Rural Health, Senator Bridget McKenzie, visited Charles Sturt
University in Bathurst post-Budget which, in partnership with Western Sydney University, is one of the universities with longstanding roots in the Murray-Darling that will be involved in
the network.