Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

This will result in continuing the training and building of the workforce in the health sector. The reality is that this is a government that cares deeply about ensuring that the health system of our nation is sustainable. We know that we will need more nurses in the future to ensure that that health care can be provided, especially in an ageing society. That is why we are reforming the higher education system to enable more nurses to be trained, therefore enabling us to better meet our responsibilities for health care as a nation in the years ahead.

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