Re: General Discussions Reply #2685 – Today at 02:21:21 pm Quote from: dodge – on Today at 01:06:34 pmCurrently the Vic State House of Reps is:56 ALP - 34 held by <10%29 - Coalition - 20 LP/9 Nats - 23<10%3 Greens - 1<10%1 IndependentThere are currently 17 sitting members not re-contesting.There is one endorsed candidate for One Nation (didn't win the Nepean By-election). As State and Federal governments have different responsibilities (eg education, health, state levies/taxes, transport), different policies are required.I have had a quick look at the health policy. It states that there could be a 100k nurse shortfall in Australia by 2025! and 123k by 2030, then goes to talk about a few strategies for Victoria. It doesn't say what the Vic nursing shortfall is likely to be - so doesn't address the Vic issue. Does bring up an interesting question, though as it talks about having discussions between Vic ON and Unis to make nursing a more attractive degree - as the funding is federal for Unis, does this type of conversation happen a lot?A read of the education policy is a bit scary.No preventative measures for tackling crime.From the "Looking after our environment" policy:protecting iconic native flora like koalas from the expansion of wind and solar farms.As the ON leader doesn't know what the monoculture policy is - last I saw she answered a question on it by saying 'Howard and Abbott didn't think that multiculturalism works"There is not a lot out there to attract a vote!The State Government have funded more free Nursing places in Uni's etc but there are not enough Graduate positions available so they cant complete their training. Grad nurses are a costly investment and you need clinical educators to supervise them plus a lot of grads leave when they complete their training for higher paid positions or leave the system so hospitals end up having paid to train them for nothing. Its a repeat cycle and why agency nursing is booming and being relied upon more but leads to a reduction in specialist nurses ie Cardiac, ICU, and other fields and agencies sending out non specialist nurses to fill specialist positions in some cases because they dont have enough specialist nurses on the books to go around. Quote Selected 1 Likes