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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Chris York

Morning mail: hospital recruitment failure, Albanese’s climate plea, row over Trump’s alleged car ‘lunge’

Nurses and members of the health sector protest in Sydney
Nurses and other members of the health sector protest in Sydney. It has been revealed that a federal government program to bring 2,000 nurses and doctors to Australia resulted in just 24 getting direct assistance to come. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Good morning. Anthony Albanese will today give a speech at a special session of the council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, asking nations to raise ambitions for tackling the climate crisis.

Just 24 medical practitioners received direct assistance to come to Australia under a travel program announced by the Morrison government that promised to bring an extra 2,000 doctors and nurses into the system. Despite skills shortages across the health and aged care sectors, the scheme announced by the former health minister Greg Hunt in October last year was discontinued after just two months.

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