GPs offered $100,000 cash incentives as state govts ramp up bidding war

Tasmania is offering more money than Queensland, but over a longer period.
Tasmanian Minister for Health Guy Barnett. Source: Facebook.

Up to 40 GPs will receive $100,000 over four years if they move to regional Tasmania amid an escalating bidding war for rural doctors between the state governments.

Since 2022, governments have put up tens of thousands of dollars to attract GPs and registrars to patch medical workforce issues.