Half of newly registered doctors are IMGs, new government figures show
Every state and territory has seen increases in overseas-trained doctors.
More than one in two doctors newly registered in Australia last year were IMGs, with figures showing annual arrivals have risen by 50% since pre-COVID-19 days.
The Federal Government figures released on Sunday show that in the first 10 months of this financial year, some 4699 IMGs were registered in Australia.