Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Share this | Hansard source

I can inform the senator that this was a highly competitive and robust process, and it is the case that not all applications could receive Commonwealth supported places and funding. The selection was based on recommendations from a selection advisory committee. This had representatives from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, the Department of Education, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. A further 50 commencing medical CSPs will be allocated through a second grant round, which will open in 2026. I would say to the senator, more generally, that we are determined to repair the damage that was done in the period when those opposite governed. We saw a significant deterioration in the overall capacity of the health system, and we are determined to repair it.