Universities will be offered more student places in a bid to boost the number of doctors in regional areas. The federal government will spend $114 million over the next four years to increase the number of Commonwealth-supported university places for rural-trained medical students. The increase will see 80 new medical places a year from next…

The Australian government is urged to increase the resettlement rate of new migrants in regional areas to help fill a major shortage of workers. Regional Australia Institute (RAI), an independent think-tank, said that increasing overseas migration is crucial to the economic growth and sustainability of the outer fringes of cities and towns in Regional Australia….

The Federal Government is offering $5.5 million (approx. US$3.95 million) in support of leading arts tours, including music, dance, theatre, and circus, as part of the Australia Council’s Playing Australia touring program. In a media release on Tuesday, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, said the funding would…