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The provision of general practitioner (GP) and related primary health services to outer metropolitan, rural, and regional Australians, with particular reference to:

(a)

the current state of outer metropolitan, rural, and regional GPs and related services;

(b)

current state and former government reforms to outer metropolitan, rural, and regional GP services and their impact on GPs, including policies such as:

(i)

the Stronger Rural Health Strategy,

(ii)

Distribution Priority Area and the Modified Monash Model (MMM) geographical classification system,

(iii)

GP training reforms, and

(iv)

Medicare rebate freeze;

(c)

the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on doctor shortages in the outer metropolitan, rural, and regional Australian; and

(d)

any other related matters impacting outer metropolitan, rural, and regional access to quality health services.

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