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DoctorConnect

DoctorConnect provides information to international medical graduates and their employers. It aims to help international medical graduates understand the steps required to work as a doctor in Australia, where they can work and restrictions on billing patients under Medicare.

The Visas for GPS program ends on 16 September. From this date, International Medical Graduates (IMGs) looking to work in Australian primary care do not need to submit a Health Workforce Certificate (HWC) as a part of their visa application.

HR Plus will accept applications for a HWC until 5 September, and 13 September 2023 for HWC Exemptions. For more information, please contact HR Plus (visasforgps@hrplustas.com.au)

Learn how to work as a doctor in Australia

Discover what you need to do before you can get a job, where you can work and what services you can charge for.

Search the Health Workforce Locator

Find out what areas of Australia need more doctors by searching the Health Workforce Locator.

Get help with finding a job

Learn how to find, secure and start a job as a doctor in Australia.

Learn about Medicare and billing restrictions

Find out how Australia’s health system works, what Medicare is and what restrictions there are on billing patients.

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Health Workforce Locator

Use our workforce locator map to check the geographical classification of any location in Australia. The map can tell you if a location is classified as city, rural or remote. It identifies areas that need more doctors.

Use the locator

Distribution Priority Area (DPA) update

Changes to the Distribution Priority Area (DPA) classification apply from 1 January 2022.

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International medical graduates

Learn what you need to do to work in Australia, where you can work and what restrictions there are on billing patients.

Employers of international medical graduates

Discover how you can sponsor, hire and support an international medical graduate.

Latest resources

Latest resources

Our Data Governance Framework Placemat 2024

Strategy or framework
The Data Governance Framework covers data we collected and data obtained from external sources, including other government organisations. It offers best-practice principles-based guidance on managing data and information assets throughout their lifecycle.

Reconciliation Action Plan

Strategy or framework
The Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan 2025–2028 outlines the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing’s commitments to reconciliation through actions focused on relationships, respect, opportunities, and governance, aiming to embed cultural safety and equity across its work.

My Aged Care Assessment Manual

Guideline
This manual is for Assessment Organisations. It guides assessors on using good practices in the assessment of older people’s support needs and their eligibility for Australian Government–subsidised aged care services.

Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant recipients

Dataset
This report on awarded MRFF grants, that are not under media embargo, is correct as at 11 September 2025. It includes information on grant recipients (including Grant ID), funded projects, timeframes, grant values and MRFF grant opportunity funding rates.
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