Rural veterinary business Apiam is calling for HECS forgiveness to ease pressure on workforce shortages. Apiam Managing Director Chris Richards told The Veterinarian that it is time the government took rural veterinary workforce shortages as seriously as those in health and teaching. “The rural veterinary workforce shortages are not going […]
Call for rural graduate HECS changes
The AVA has repeated its call to the Federal Government to remove the HECS debts of veterinary graduates who live and work in rural and regional Australia. The National Farmers Federation (NFF) is also lobbying for discounted fees, loan offsets and HECS relief for graduates and veterinary students who live […]