Queensland Greens push for free nursing and midwifery degrees to combat staff shortages

The Queensland Greens have proposed a plan they say would attract nurses and midwives to the state’s under-pressure public health system. Photograph: Albert Perez/AAP

The Queensland government should introduce free nursing and midwifery degrees to combat critical staff shortages, the state’s Greens have said.

The party said their “nursebacker” plan would attract nurses to the public health system and retain workers experiencing burnout and exhaustion.