The New South Wales public sector wage cap will be increased from 2.5% to 3% this financial year, and the state government announced plans to recruit 10,000 additional medical staff and give existing health workers $3,000 “appreciation” payments.
The NSW premier, Dominic Perrottet, said the government would spend $4.5bn on a health workforce drive in an attempt to ease severe workforce issues in hospitals across the state.
