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Stephanie Gardiner

Doctors 'need a carrot' to stay rural

Doctors say a new policy has left rural and remote clinics struggling to attract and retain staff. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Rural medical clinics say doctors are leaving to work in urban areas or asking for more money to stay in the bush since the Labor government increased the number of workforce priority areas.

Health Minister Mark Butler last month said the government was making it easier to recruit GPs, with 700 areas across Australia now recognised as Distribution Priority Areas.

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