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Shire of Dundas terminates Norseman GP's contract after locum funding request

Graham Rowlands has operated a GP clinic at Norseman for more than a decade.   (Supplied: Rural Health West)

A West Australian shire will terminate its contract with a long-serving general practitioner over claims the council is being held to "ransom" amid requests for up to $300,000 to fund additional locum support.  

Graham Rowlands has serviced the Goldfields community of Norseman for more than a decade but is nearing retirement and sought the additional funds to reduce his workload.     

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