Media Statement - 29th September 2008
The
Prime Minister, the Minister for Education and the Minister for Health
today announced 1,094 new Commonwealth supported higher education
places in the national priority area of nursing.
The new places will give more students the opportunity to qualify as registered nurses and will increase the number of nurses available to work in our hospitals. That will benefit patients in the health system significantly and, ultimately, the community.
As promised prior to the last election, the new places for nursing students will be available from 2009.
These 1,094 new nursing places will help take the pressure off Australia’s hospitals. They include 55 extra places for midwives and 130 places for specialist mental health nurses. The Rudd Government is currently conducting a review of maternity services in Australia.
The announcement was made in Newcastle where 50 nursing places have been allocated to the University of Newcastle.
Higher education providers have indicated that around 50 per cent of the courses where new places have been allocated will offer places to enrolled nurses to upgrade their qualifications.
More than 60 per cent of courses will provide clinical placement opportunities in rural and regional areas.
More than 300 places have been allocated to campuses in regional areas to create opportunities for students to study nursing without the need to relocate to a metropolitan campus.
The extra places are part of the Australian Government’s 2008-09 Budget Health and Hospitals Reform – Health Workforce initiatives.
Places have been allocated to higher education providers delivering courses in the following States and Territories: New South Wales, 310 new places; Victoria, 280 places; Queensland,110 places; Western Australia, 155 places; South Australia,135 places; Northern Territory, 50 places and the Australian Capital Territory, 54 places.
A full list of the new places is provided below.
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NEW
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Course Name
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Level
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Campus
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Places
allocated
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Southern
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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25
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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Lismore
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25
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Master of Mental Health
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PG
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Lismore
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20
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Total
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70
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Master of Nursing (Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner)/ Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Mental Health)
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PG
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Distance Mode (External)
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15
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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Campbelltown/Parramatta
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50
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Total
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65
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Graduate Certificate in Rural Mental Health
Nursing
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PG
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Distance Education (serviced from Orange Campus)
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15
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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Distance Education/
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30
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Total
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45
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Master of Mental Health Nursing; Master of Mental
Health Nursing (Nurse Practitioner)
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PG
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Callaghan
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50
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Total
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50
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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60
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Master of Nursing (Mental Health)
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PG
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20
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Total
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80
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State Total
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310
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VICTORIA - 2009 nursing places
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Course Name
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Level
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Campus
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Places
allocated
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La Trobe University
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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Bundoora
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60
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Total
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60
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Victoria University
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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St Albans
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60
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Total
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60
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Australian Catholic University
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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Melbourne
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30
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Total
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30
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University of Ballarat
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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Mt Helen
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20
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Total
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20
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Monash University
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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Peninsula
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20
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Master of Nursing
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PG
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Clayton
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30
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Master of Nursing (Mental Health)
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PG
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Peninsula
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10
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Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Emergency Health
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UG
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Peninsula
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10
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Total
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70
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Deakin University
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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Geelong Campus at Waterfront
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40
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Total
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40
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State Total
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280
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QUEENSLAND - 2009 nursing places
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Course Name
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Level
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Campus
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Places
allocated
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Queensland University of Technology
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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Kelvin Grove
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30
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Total
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30
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Australian Catholic University
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Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Paramedicine
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UG
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Brisbane
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30
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Total
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30
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Griffith University
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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Gold Coast
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50
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Total
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50
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State Total
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110
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA - 2009 nursing places
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Course Name
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Level
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Campus
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Places
allocated
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The University of Western Australia
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Master of Nursing Science
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PG
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Crawley
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50
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Total
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50
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Edith Cowan University
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Bachelor of Science (Nursing)/Bachelor of Science
(Midwifery)
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UG
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Joondalup
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25
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Total
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25
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The University of Notre Dame Australia
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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Fremantle
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30
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Total
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30
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Curtin University of Technology
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Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Comprehensive
Pathway)
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UG
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Bentley
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25
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Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (EN to RN
conversion pathway)
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UG
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Bentley
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25
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Total
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50
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State Total
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155
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA - 2009 nursing places
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Course Name
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Level
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Campus
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Places
allocated
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University of South Australia
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Bachelor of Nursing
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UG
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Adelaide
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80
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Total
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80
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The Flinders University of South Australia
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Bachelor of Nursing (Preregistration)
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UG
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Bedford Park
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40
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Bachelor of Nursing (Graduate Entry)
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UG
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Bedford Park
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15
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Total
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55
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State Total
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135
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