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.
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.
Last year, the Queensland Government opened a $70,000 incentive payment to GPs who moved to smaller rural towns, did VMO work in a public hospital and stayed for two years.Â
But Tasmania outbid Queensland on Friday with its six-figure incentive for regional GPs.
