{"id":1219,"date":"2025-08-31T00:06:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.206.0.193\/wordpress\/?page_id=1219"},"modified":"2026-05-28T00:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:45:12","slug":"health-workforce-policy-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/index.php\/health-workforce-policy-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Workforce Policy in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:29px;--awb-padding-bottom:50px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color8);\"><p><span style=\"color: var(--awb-color8);\">Access to the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/hwfpolicyhub.jcu.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ahwfpolicy_Codebook_V2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Codebook of the Australian Health Workforce Policy Database<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong style=\"color: var(--awb-color8);\" data-start=\"75\" data-end=\"84\">Note:<\/strong><span style=\"color: var(--awb-color8);\"> This dataset currently includes policy information from <b>Queensland<\/b> and the <b>Australian Commonwealth <\/b>(Federal) Government. 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