COAG to deliver up to 50,000 more frontline health workers
Source: Australia. Minister for Health and Ageing. Media Release
"The Rudd Government will invest in up to 50,000 additional health vocational training places to tackle the current health workforce crisis. This commitment will deliver one of the single biggest injections of workers to the health system in Australian historyThe training places will target areas of chronic skills shortage, such as dental health, nursing, and Indigenous health."

Government working on $158 million transition beds – getting elderly into appropriate aged care
Source: Australia. Minister for Ageing. Media Release
"The Australian Government is working on its election commitment to get 2000 older Australians who are occupying hospital beds into appropriate aged care – freeing up valuable hospital resources for those needing urgent treatment. This is about getting older Australians into the care they need rather than a hospital."

Better protection for frail aged Australians
Source: Australia. Minister for Ageing. Media Release
"In response to figures on aged care facilities under the previous government, the Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot, has outlined a range of tough measures to improve quality to protect frail and aged Australians. The figures are reported in News Limited newspapers. As part of the measures, next financial year, the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency, the independent watchdog, has been instructed to undertake a record 7000 visits (up from 4000) to aged care facilities across the nation."