Rural towns do not have 50,000 people living there - doctors group

Chris McLennan
February 22 2021 - 10:00am
TARGET FUNDS: A "rural town" can have a population of 50,000-100,000 people under the current arrangements, a rural doctors' group says.
TARGET FUNDS: A "rural town" can have a population of 50,000-100,000 people under the current arrangements, a rural doctors' group says.

The federal government needs to figure out what a rural town is so it can deliver doctor recruitment programs to where they are most needed.

Chris McLennan

Chris McLennan

National Rural Property Writer

ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.

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