In case you missed it, the Victorian authorities yesterday introduced it pays for the levels of greater than 10,000 nursing and midwifery college students from subsequent 12 months.

The state opposition helps the coverage. Will probably be applied earlier than Victorians head to the polls in November.

Federal reactions to that announcement have now began trickling by way of. Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce informed Channel Seven it seemed to be a coverage designed to woo voters.

“It’s a couple of state election,” he mentioned. “[There is] the well being disaster in Victoria with ambulance ramping. This can be a ‘look someplace else’. It’s a cynical election ploy.

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“You are able to do something you want so long as you’re prepared to pay extra tax for it. I want all of them one of the best. The folks in Victoria must discover $270 million to pay for the nurses. That’s their enterprise.”

Nonetheless, federal Surroundings Minister Tanya Plibersek disagreed.

“We’ve had 10 years of expertise shortages from the earlier authorities,” she informed Dawn.

“Barnaby might have fastened this when he was in authorities. He didn’t, so it’s as much as the Victorian state authorities and different state governments to search for measures. Placing tax {dollars} into ensuring we’ve an sufficient workforce of nurses right here in Australia is the type of factor we wish to see taxes spent on.”