Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

While I get some advice on that specific point, I might just give you a bit more information about how this supplement will work and who it will be paid to. The 24/7 RN supplement will be introduced from 1 July 2023 to support residential aged-care services to employ extra RNs to be onsite and on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This supplement is targeted at small services—up to 60 residents—in recognition of the extra support these services need in order to deliver 24/7 RN coverage. The RN supplement provides up to $733,000 in funding per annum to rural and remote services in Modified Monash Model areas 5 to 7 and is paid at a higher rate to rural and remote services, recognising the increased costs in attracting nurses to work in rural and remote areas. The supplement is expected to be available to around 90 per cent of—I've never quite known whether you say 'triple M' or 'MMM'—areas 5 to 7 services, compared with under 40 per cent of more-metropolitan services in MMM areas 1 to 4. So, it will be eligible for both rural and urban, and it's more dependent on the size of the service.