Government commits $24 million for a Northern Territory medical school

The Albanese Government has committed more than $24 million to establish the Northern Territory’s first stand-alone medical school. The facility at Charles Darwin University will give priority to aspiring Indigenous doctors and students from the NT. Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory suffer from some of the worst rates of chronic disease in the world. This is something the new school hopes to combat. The school will have a particular focus on training local students. It is hoped that the school will reduce the Territory’s reliance on fly-in, fly-out medical staff.