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Nursing graduates to get up to $12,000 for HECS-HELP university debts if they work in country WA

WA Premier Mark McGowan was on hand at a media event to announce the grants for graduate nurses. (ABC News: Keane Bourke)

The state government will pay $12,000 worth of the university fees of nursing and midwifery graduates who agree to work in regional Western Australia.

This week's state budget will include $4.2 million for up to 350 graduates to take part in the HECS-HELP initiative, with priority to be given to those agreeing to work in "hard-to-staff areas".

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