What are the GP and General Practice Incentives per MMM location?

Pam 28/08/2024

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Date Updated: 2026-03-06

MM 1 Location

Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program Incentives
  • Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program is a fully-funded program designed to train doctors into General Practitioners (GPs) in Australia, providing full-time and on-the-job training from 3 – 4 four years with only 1,500 training spots yearly in urban and rural areas across the country.
    • Supervisors providing teaching get $2,858.80 – $11,945.70 depending on the training term (limited to the first three training terms).
    • General Practice training practices get $7,657.50 – $15,315.00 depending on the training term (limited to the first two training terms).
GP Training Incentives
  • Incentives for GP and Rural Generalist (RG) registrars under the AGPT or RVTS programs, specifically:
Fellowship Support Program Supervisor Incentives
  • Fellowship Support Program is a 2-year self-funded education and training program that helps doctors attain their Fellowship through accomplishing GP training, online learning resources, workplace-based assessments and in-practice supervision by accredited supervisors at approved practices.
    • If you’re a supervisor overseeing a Fellowship Support Program (FSP) registrar, you can get $150 + GST and super per hour for supervision of each FSP registrar. 
    • You can also receive $150 + GST and super per end of term report.
Pre-Fellowship Program Incentives
  • Pre-Fellowship Program (PFP) is a 3GA program which enables IMGs and Non-VR doctors to practice in a Distribution Priority Area (DPA) and access Medicare. This is to prepare doctors for Fellowship by acquiring more GP experience.
    • If you’re under PFP and an International Medical Graduate (IMG) with Limited or Provisional Registration, you will have access to Learning & Development financial support, specifically $20,000 per year for level 1 supervision and $15,000 per year for level 2-4 supervision.
    • If you’re a supervisor who is overseeing an IMG with Limited or Provisional Registration, you may receive financial support.
Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program – Metro Stream
  • The Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program (APCPP) gives junior and prevocational doctors the opportunity to undertake a primary care training rotation during their hospital training years.
Specialist Training Program (STP)
  • Specialist Training Program (STP) aims to provide vocational training for specialist registrars with the focus on regional, rural, remote, and private facilities.
    • Salary support for trainees = $105,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE.
    • Rural Support Loading (RSL) = $25,000 per annum per eligible post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Private Infrastructure and Clinical Supervision (PICS) = $30,000 per annum per eligible private post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Support Projects = $100,000 base funding plus $1,210 per post per annum.
    • Integrated Rural Training Pipeline = Funding of up to $150,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE. Funds can be used for IRTP salary support, RSL and PICS (if eligible) = Up to 5% of funds may be retained by participating colleges to assist in IRTP post administration, subject to the agreement of the Department. 
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Practice Stream
  • The WIP – Practice Stream provides financial incentives to help general practices with the cost of employing health professionals with up to $137,375.60 per annum for a single practice.
Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
  • The PIP incentives supports doctors and practices by giving them incentives to help them provide better care and make healthcare easier to get, specifically on improving:
    • eHealth
    • Teaching Payment
    • Indigenous Health (IHI)
    • Procedural General Practitioner Payment
    • After Hours
    • Quality Improvement (PIPQI) and
    • Rural Loading: To be eligible for rural loading, the main practice must be located in RRMA 3-7 (rural and remote zones). The rural loading is automatically applied to PIP payments.
Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP)
  • BBPIP provides a quarterly 12.5% incentive payment on MBS benefits paid from eligible services, split 50/50 between the GP and the practice.
Bulk Billing Incentives (BBI)
  • Bulk billing incentives (BBI) are payable to medical practitioners who provide bulk billed services to people with concession cards and children below 16 years old. From 1 November 2025, eligibility will be expanded to include all Medicare-eligible patients.
Primary Care Workforce Support Program (PCWSP)
  • RWAs in each state are funded to create recruitment, access and sustainability activities. These include grants for health practitioners in DPA/MM1 and MM2-7 locations on:
    • Recruitment costs or as incentives
    • Orientation expenses
    • Relocation expenses to move to a rural area
    • Locum support
    • Assist with access to continuing professional development opportunities
General Practice in Aged Care Incentive
  • The General Practice in Aged Care Incentive helps elderly individuals in aged care homes receive quality medical care from their usual GPs. By giving incentives, it encourages practices and GPs to visit regularly, plan check-ups, and coordinate care to ensure the residents stay healthy.
  • Practices can receive:
    • $300 per patient, per year (75 per patient, per quarter), paid to the Responsible Provider.
    • $130 per patient, per year ($32.50 per patient, per quarter), paid to the practice.
  • Rural Loading:
    • MM 3 – 20%
    • MM 4 – 30%
    • MM 5 – 30%
    • MM 6 – 50%
    • MM 7 – 50%

For other financial support and grants, check our General Practice Incentives & How To Get Them blog here.

MM 2 Location

Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program Incentives
  • Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program is a fully-funded program designed to train doctors into General Practitioners (GPs) in Australia, providing full-time and on-the-job training from 3 – 4 four years with only 1,500 training spots yearly in urban and rural areas across the country.
    • Registrar training on the program gets $1,837.80 per training term
    • Supervisors providing teaching get $2,858.80 – 11,945.70 depending on the training term (limited to the first three training terms).
    • General Practice training practices get $7,657.50 – $15,315 depending on the training term (limited to the first two training terms).
GP Training Incentives
  • Incentives for GP and Rural Generalist (RG) registrars under the AGPT or RVTS programs, specifically:
Fellowship Support Program Supervisor Incentives
  • Fellowship Support Program is a 2-year self-funded education and training program that helps doctors attain their Fellowship through accomplishing GP training, online learning resources, workplace-based assessments and in-practice supervision by accredited supervisors at approved practices.
    • If you’re a supervisor overseeing a Fellowship Support Program (FSP) registrar, you can get $150 + GST and super per hour for supervision of each FSP registrar. 
    • You can also receive $150 + GST and super per end of term report.
Pre-Fellowship Program Incentives
  • Pre-Fellowship Program (PFP) is a 3GA program which enables IMGs and Non-VR doctors to practice in a Distribution Priority Area (DPA) and access Medicare. This is to prepare doctors for Fellowship by acquiring more GP experience.
    • If you’re under PFP and an International Medical Graduate (IMG) with Limited or Provisional Registration, you will have access to Learning & Development financial support, specifically $20,000 per year for level 1 supervision and $15,000 per year for level 2-4 supervision.
    • If you’re a supervisor who is overseeing an IMG with Limited or Provisional Registration, you may receive financial support.
Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program – Rural Stream
  • The Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program (APCPP) gives junior and prevocational doctors the opportunity to undertake a primary care training rotation during their hospital training years.
Advanced Skills Training Posts Rural Generalists and General Practitioners Program (AST Program)
  • The AST Program helps 15 advanced skills posts for general practitioner (GP) registrars, rural generalist (RG) registrars, and Fellows annually to cover the training costs including salary, supervision, clinical/medical education and support and minor administrative expenses with up to $150,000 for each 12-month AST post.
Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS)
  • The Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS) is fully funded by the government, and an approved training program that offers GPs a pathway to Fellowship without travelling long distances or relocating through distance education and supervision.
Specialist Training Program (STP)
  • Specialist Training Program (STP) aims to provide vocational training for specialist registrars with the focus on regional, rural, remote, and private facilities.
    • Salary support for trainees = $105,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE.
    • Rural Support Loading (RSL) = $25,000 per annum per eligible post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Private Infrastructure and Clinical Supervision (PICS) = $30,000 per annum per eligible private post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Support Projects = $100,000 base funding plus $1,210 per post per annum.
    • Integrated Rural Training Pipeline = Funding of up to $150,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE. Funds can be used for IRTP salary support, RSL and PICS (if eligible) = Up to 5% of funds may be retained by participating colleges to assist in IRTP post administration, subject to the agreement of the Department. 
Support for Rural Specialists in Australia Program
  • This helps specialists in rural and remote Australia access CPD educational opportunities through online learning programs, and grants to access training not available in their hometown with up to $10,000 funding.
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Practice Stream
  • The WIP – Practice Stream provides financial incentives to help general practices with the cost of employing health professionals with up to $137,375.60 per annum for a single practice.
Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
  • The PIP incentives supports doctors and practices by giving them incentives to help them provide better care and make healthcare easier to get, specifically on improving:
    • eHealth
    • Teaching Payment
    • Indigenous Health (IHI)
    • Procedural General Practitioner Payment
    • After Hours
    • Quality Improvement (PIPQI) and
    • Rural Loading: To be eligible for rural loading, the main practice must be located in RRMA 3-7 (rural and remote zones). The rural loading is automatically applied to PIP payments.
Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP)
  • BBPIP provides a quarterly 12.5% incentive payment on MBS benefits paid from eligible services, split 50/50 between the GP and the practice.
Rural Bulk Billing Incentives (BBI)
  • Bulk billing incentives (BBI) are payable to medical practitioners who provide bulk billed services to people with concession cards and children below 16 years old. From 1 November 2025, eligibility will be expanded to include all Medicare-eligible patients. The RBBI available in MM 2 locations is approximately 150% of the benefit in metropolitan areas.
Primary Care Workforce Support Program (PCWSP)
  • RWAs in each state are funded to create recruitment, access and sustainability activities. These include grants for health practitioners in DPA/MM1 and MM2-7 locations on:
    • Recruitment costs or as incentives
    • Orientation expenses
    • Relocation expenses to move to a rural area
    • Locum support
    • Assist with access to continuing professional development opportunities
General Practice in Aged Care Incentive
  • The General Practice in Aged Care Incentive helps elderly individuals in aged care homes receive quality medical care from their usual GPs. By giving incentives, it encourages practices and GPs to visit regularly, plan check-ups, and coordinate care to ensure the residents stay healthy.
  • Practices can receive:
    • $300 per patient, per year (75 per patient, per quarter), paid to the Responsible Provider.
    • $130 per patient, per year ($32.50 per patient, per quarter), paid to the practice.
  • Rural Loading:
    • MM 3 – 20%
    • MM 4 – 30%
    • MM 5 – 30%
    • MM 6 – 50%
    • MM 7 – 50%
Rural Locum Assistance Program (RLAP)
  • Rural Locum Assistance Program (RLAP) focuses on locum support in MM 2-7 locations, specifically for fees on travel, accommodation, and locum incentives.
Remote Northern Territory Locum Program (RNTLP)
  • This funds health professionals to practise in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory for short-term paid placements of 3 to 12 weeks with support including cost of travel, necessary education and training and the cost of recruitment.
5 Year Overseas Trained Doctor Scheme or The 5-year International Medical Graduates Recruitment Scheme
  • Overseas Trained Doctors (OTDs) and International Medical Graduates (IMGs) can reduce their moratorium to between 3 – 5 years by practising in regional, rural, and remote areas.

For other financial support and grants, check our General Practice Incentives & How To Get Them blog here.

MM 3 Location

Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program Incentives
  • Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program is a fully-funded program designed to train doctors into General Practitioners (GPs) in Australia, providing full-time and on-the-job training from 3 – 4 four years with only 1,500 training spots yearly in urban and rural areas across the country.
    • Registrar training on the program gets $3,496.93 per training term
    • Supervisors providing teaching get $4,900.80 -$13,987.70 depending on the training term (limited to the first three training terms).
    • General Practice training practices get $9,699.50 – $17,357 depending on the training term (limited to the first two training terms).
GP Training Incentives
  • Incentives for GP and Rural Generalist (RG) registrars under the AGPT or RVTS programs, specifically:
Fellowship Support Program Supervisor Incentives
  • Fellowship Support Program is a 2-year self-funded education and training program that helps doctors attain their Fellowship through accomplishing GP training, online learning resources, workplace-based assessments and in-practice supervision by accredited supervisors at approved practices.
    • If you’re a supervisor overseeing a Fellowship Support Program (FSP) registrar, you can get $150 + GST and super per hour for supervision of each FSP registrar. 
    • You can also receive $150 + GST and super per end of term report.
Pre-Fellowship Program Incentives
  • Pre-Fellowship Program (PFP) is a 3GA program which enables IMGs and Non-VR doctors to practice in a Distribution Priority Area (DPA) and access Medicare. This is to prepare doctors for Fellowship by acquiring more GP experience.
    • If you’re under PFP and an International Medical Graduate (IMG) with Limited or Provisional Registration, you will have access to Learning & Development financial support, specifically $20,000 per year for level 1 supervision and $15,000 per year for level 2-4 supervision.
    • If you’re a supervisor who is overseeing an IMG with Limited or Provisional Registration, you may receive financial support.
Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program – Rural Stream
  • The Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program (APCPP) gives junior and prevocational doctors the opportunity to undertake a primary care training rotation during their hospital training years.
Advanced Skills Training Posts Rural Generalists and General Practitioners Program (AST Program)
  • The AST Program helps 15 advanced skills posts for general practitioner (GP) registrars, rural generalist (RG) registrars, and Fellows annually to cover the training costs including salary, supervision, clinical/medical education and support and minor administrative expenses with up to $150,000 for each 12-month AST post.
General Practitioner Procedural Training Support Program (GPPTSP)
  • The GPPTSP is an optional and competitive scholarship program in MM 3-7 locations that offers $40,000 per applicant who completed training, for up to 10 GP Fellows to obtain an Advanced Certificate in Rural Generalist Anaesthesia (RGA), and up to 10 GP Fellows to attain the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Associate Training Program (Advanced Procedural) (APTP).
Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS)
  • The Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS) is fully funded by the government, and an approved training program that offers GPs a pathway to Fellowship without travelling long distances or relocating through distance education and supervision.
Rural Procedural Grants Program (RPGP)
  • The Rural Procedural Grants Program (RPGP) provides financial support to procedural GPs in MM 3-7 areas so they can attend relevant continuing professional development (CPD) activities, specifically:
    • Procedural skills – up to $20,000 per year
    • Emergency medicine – up to $6,000 per year
    • Emergency mental health – up to $6,000 per year
Specialist Training Program (STP)
  • Specialist Training Program (STP) aims to provide vocational training for specialist registrars with the focus on regional, rural, remote, and private facilities.
    • Salary support for trainees = $105,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE.
    • Rural Support Loading (RSL) = $25,000 per annum per eligible post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Private Infrastructure and Clinical Supervision (PICS) = $30,000 per annum per eligible private post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Support Projects = $100,000 base funding plus $1,210 per post per annum.
    • Integrated Rural Training Pipeline = Funding of up to $150,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE. Funds can be used for IRTP salary support, RSL and PICS (if eligible) = Up to 5% of funds may be retained by participating colleges to assist in IRTP post administration, subject to the agreement of the Department. 
Support for Rural Specialists in Australia Program
  • This helps specialists in rural and remote Australia access CPD educational opportunities through online learning programs, and grants to access training not available in their hometown with up to $10,000 funding.
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Doctor Stream
  • The WIP – Doctor Stream gives financial incentives to medical practitioners working in eligible rural and remote areas (MM 3-7 locations):
  • Maximum payment values by year level for VR doctors and those on approved training pathways:
    • Year 1 – $0
    • Year 2 – $4,500
    • Year 3 – $7,500
    • Year 4 – $7,500
    • Year 5 plus – $12,000
  • Maximum payments values by year level for Non-VR doctors:
    • Year 1 – $0
    • Year 2 – $3,600
    • Year 3 – $6,000
    • Year 4 – $6,000
    • Year 5 plus – $9,600
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Rural Advanced Skills Stream
  • The WIP – Rural Advanced Skills Stream provides financial incentives every year to encourage GPs and RGs in providing emergency care and/or advanced skills in rural areas (MM 3-7) with up to $4,000 in MM3 locations for each stream (Emergency Medicine services and Rural Advanced Skills services).
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Practice Stream
  • The WIP – Practice Stream provides financial incentives to help general practices with the cost of employing health professionals with up to $137,375.60 per annum for a single practice with an additional 30% rural loading for MM3 locations.
Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
  • The PIP incentives supports doctors and practices by giving them incentives to help them provide better care and make healthcare easier to get, specifically on improving:
    • eHealth
    • Teaching Payment
    • Indigenous Health (IHI)
    • Procedural General Practitioner Payment
    • After Hours
    • Quality Improvement (PIPQI) and
    • Rural Loading: To be eligible for rural loading, the main practice must be located in RRMA 3-7 (rural and remote zones). The rural loading is automatically applied to PIP payments.
Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP)
  • BBPIP provides a quarterly 12.5% incentive payment on MBS benefits paid from eligible services, split 50/50 between the GP and the practice.
Rural Bulk Billing Incentives (BBI)
  • Bulk billing incentives (BBI) are payable to medical practitioners who provide bulk billed services to people with concession cards and children below 16 years old. From 1 November 2025, eligibility will be expanded to include all Medicare-eligible patients. The RBBI available in MM3 locations is approximately 160% of the benefit in metropolitan areas.
Primary Care Workforce Support Program (PCWSP)
  • RWAs in each state are funded to create recruitment, access and sustainability activities. These include grants for health practitioners in DPA/MM1 and MM2-7 locations on:
    • Recruitment costs or as incentives
    • Orientation expenses
    • Relocation expenses to move to a rural area
    • Locum support
    • Assist with access to continuing professional development opportunities
General Practice in Aged Care Incentive
  • The General Practice in Aged Care Incentive helps elderly individuals in aged care homes receive quality medical care from their usual GPs. By giving incentives, it encourages practices and GPs to visit regularly, plan check-ups, and coordinate care to ensure the residents stay healthy.
  • Practices can receive:
    • $300 per patient, per year (75 per patient, per quarter), paid to the Responsible Provider.
    • $130 per patient, per year ($32.50 per patient, per quarter), paid to the practice.
    • Rural Loading: MM 3 – 20%
Rural Locum Assistance Program (RLAP)
  • Rural Locum Assistance Program (RLAP) focuses on locum support in MM 2-7 locations, specifically for fees on travel, accommodation, and locum incentives.
Remote Northern Territory Locum Program (RNTLP)
  • This funds health professionals to practise in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory for short-term paid placements of 3 to 12 weeks with support including cost of travel, necessary education and training and the cost of recruitment.
Premium Support Scheme (PSS)
  • The PSS supports eligible medical practitioners by reducing the costs of their medical indemnity insurance, specifically for those in MM 3-7 locations.
5 Year Overseas Trained Doctor Scheme or The 5-year International Medical Graduates Recruitment Scheme
  • Overseas Trained Doctors (OTDs) and International Medical Graduates (IMGs) can reduce their moratorium to between 3 – 5 years by practising in regional, rural, and remote areas.
Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP)
  • The Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP) offers scholarships and bursaries to eligible health professionals working in MM3-7 locations to maintain and expand their skills, specifically:
    • Scholarship: Students receive $10,000 per year for 2 years.
    • Bursary: Covers the cost of training, accommodation, travel or course fees and/or cover or partially cover training related expenses.

For other financial support and grants, check our General Practice Incentives & How To Get Them blog here.

MM 4 Location

Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program Incentives
  • Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program is a fully-funded program designed to train doctors into General Practitioners (GPs) in Australia, providing full-time and on-the-job training from 3 – 4 four years with only 1,500 training spots yearly in urban and rural areas across the country.
    • Registrar training on the program gets $3,496.93 per training term
    • Supervisors providing teaching get $4,900.80 -$13,987.70 depending on the training term (limited to the first three training terms).
    • General Practice training practices get $9,699.50 – $17,357 depending on the training term (limited to the first two training terms).
GP Training Incentives
  • Incentives for GP and Rural Generalist (RG) registrars under the AGPT or RVTS programs, specifically:
Fellowship Support Program Supervisor Incentives
  • Fellowship Support Program is a 2-year self-funded education and training program that helps doctors attain their Fellowship through accomplishing GP training, online learning resources, workplace-based assessments and in-practice supervision by accredited supervisors at approved practices.
    • If you’re a supervisor overseeing a Fellowship Support Program (FSP) registrar, you can get $150 + GST and super per hour for supervision of each FSP registrar. 
    • You can also receive $150 + GST and super per end of term report.
Pre-Fellowship Program Incentives
  • Pre-Fellowship Program (PFP) is a 3GA program which enables IMGs and Non-VR doctors to practice in a Distribution Priority Area (DPA) and access Medicare. This is to prepare doctors for Fellowship by acquiring more GP experience.
    • If you’re under PFP and an International Medical Graduate (IMG) with Limited or Provisional Registration, you will have access to Learning & Development financial support, specifically $20,000 per year for level 1 supervision and $15,000 per year for level 2-4 supervision.
    • If you’re a supervisor who is overseeing an IMG with Limited or Provisional Registration, you may receive financial support.
Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program – Rural Stream
  • The Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program (APCPP) gives junior and prevocational doctors the opportunity to undertake a primary care training rotation during their hospital training years.
Advanced Skills Training Posts Rural Generalists and General Practitioners Program (AST Program)
  • The AST Program helps 15 advanced skills posts for general practitioner (GP) registrars, rural generalist (RG) registrars, and Fellows annually to cover the training costs including salary, supervision, clinical/medical education and support and minor administrative expenses with up to $150,000 for each 12-month AST post.
General Practitioner Procedural Training Support Program (GPPTSP)
  • The GPPTSP is an optional and competitive scholarship program in MM 3-7 locations that offers $40,000 per applicant who completed training, for up to 10 GP Fellows to obtain an Advanced Certificate in Rural Generalist Anaesthesia (RGA), and up to 10 GP Fellows to attain the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Associate Training Program (Advanced Procedural) (APTP).
Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS)
  • The Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS) is fully funded by the government, and an approved training program that offers GPs a pathway to Fellowship without travelling long distances or relocating through distance education and supervision.
Rural Procedural Grants Program (RPGP)
  • The Rural Procedural Grants Program (RPGP) provides financial support to procedural GPs in MM 3-7 areas so they can attend relevant continuing professional development (CPD) activities, specifically:
    • Procedural skills – up to $20,000 per year
    • Emergency medicine – up to $6,000 per year
    • Emergency mental health – up to $6,000 per year
Specialist Training Program (STP)
  • Specialist Training Program (STP) aims to provide vocational training for specialist registrars with the focus on regional, rural, remote, and private facilities.
    • Salary support for trainees = $105,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE.
    • Rural Support Loading (RSL) = $25,000 per annum per eligible post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Private Infrastructure and Clinical Supervision (PICS) = $30,000 per annum per eligible private post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Support Projects = $100,000 base funding plus $1,210 per post per annum.
    • Integrated Rural Training Pipeline = Funding of up to $150,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE. Funds can be used for IRTP salary support, RSL and PICS (if eligible) = Up to 5% of funds may be retained by participating colleges to assist in IRTP post administration, subject to the agreement of the Department. 
Support for Rural Specialists in Australia Program
  • This helps specialists in rural and remote Australia access CPD educational opportunities through online learning programs, and grants to access training not available in their hometown with up to $10,000 funding.
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Doctor Stream
  • The WIP – Doctor Stream gives financial incentives to medical practitioners working in eligible rural and remote areas (MM 3-7 locations):
  • Maximum payment values by year level for VR doctors and those on approved training pathways:
    • Year 1 – $0
    • Year 2 – $8,000
    • Year 3 – $13,000
    • Year 4 – $13,000
    • Year 5 plus – $18,000
  • Maximum payments values by year level for Non-VR doctors:
    • Year 1 – $0
    • Year 2 – $6,400
    • Year 3 – $10,400
    • Year 4 – $10,400
    • Year 5 plus – $14,400
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Rural Advanced Skills Stream
  • The WIP – Rural Advanced Skills Stream provides financial incentives every year to doctors to use additional advanced skills and serve emergency and/or primary care in rural areas (MM 3-7) with up to $9,500 in MM4 locations for each stream (Emergency Medicine services and Rural Advanced Skills services).
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Practice Stream
  • The WIP – Practice Stream provides financial incentives to help general practices with the cost of employing health professionals with up to $137,375.60 per annum for a single practice with an additional 40% rural loading for MM4 locations.
Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
  • The PIP incentives supports doctors and practices by giving them incentives to help them provide better care and make healthcare easier to get, specifically on improving:
    • eHealth
    • Teaching Payment
    • Indigenous Health (IHI)
    • Procedural General Practitioner Payment
    • After Hours
    • Quality Improvement (PIPQI) and
    • Rural Loading: To be eligible for rural loading, the main practice must be located in RRMA 3-7 (rural and remote zones). The rural loading is automatically applied to PIP payments.
Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP)
  • BBPIP provides a quarterly 12.5% incentive payment on MBS benefits paid from eligible services, split 50/50 between the GP and the practice.
Rural Bulk Billing Incentives (BBI)
  • Bulk billing incentives (BBI) are payable to medical practitioners who provide bulk billed services to people with concession cards and children below 16 years old. From 1 November 2025, eligibility will be expanded to include all Medicare-eligible patients. The RBBI available in MM4 locations is approximately 160% of the benefit in metropolitan areas.
Primary Care Workforce Support Program (PCWSP)
  • RWAs in each state are funded to create recruitment, access and sustainability activities. These include grants for health practitioners in DPA/MM1 and MM2-7 locations on:
    • Recruitment costs or as incentives
    • Orientation expenses
    • Relocation expenses to move to a rural area
    • Locum support
    • Assist with access to continuing professional development opportunities
General Practice in Aged Care Incentive
  • The General Practice in Aged Care Incentive helps elderly individuals in aged care homes receive quality medical care from their usual GPs. By giving incentives, it encourages practices and GPs to visit regularly, plan check-ups, and coordinate care to ensure the residents stay healthy.
  • Practices can receive:
    • $300 per patient, per year (75 per patient, per quarter), paid to the Responsible Provider.
    • $130 per patient, per year ($32.50 per patient, per quarter), paid to the practice.
    • Rural Loading: MM 4 – 30%
Rural Locum Assistance Program (RLAP)
  • Rural Locum Assistance Program (RLAP) focuses on locum support in MM 2-7 locations, specifically for fees on travel, accommodation, and locum incentives.
Remote Northern Territory Locum Program (RNTLP)
  • This funds health professionals to practise in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory for short-term paid placements of 3 to 12 weeks with support including cost of travel, necessary education and training and the cost of recruitment.
Premium Support Scheme (PSS)
  • The PSS supports eligible medical practitioners by reducing the costs of their medical indemnity insurance, specifically for those in MM 3-7 locations.
5 Year Overseas Trained Doctor Scheme or The 5-year International Medical Graduates Recruitment Scheme
  • Overseas Trained Doctors (OTDs) and International Medical Graduates (IMGs) can reduce their moratorium to between 3 – 5 years by practising in regional, rural, and remote areas.
Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP)
  • The Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP) offers scholarships and bursaries to eligible health professionals working in MM3-7 locations to maintain and expand their skills, specifically:
    • Scholarship: Students receive $10,000 per year for 2 years.
    • Bursary: Covers the cost of training, accommodation, travel or course fees and/or cover or partially cover training related expenses.

For other financial support and grants, check our General Practice Incentives & How To Get Them blog here.

MM 5 Location

Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program Incentives
  • Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program is a fully-funded program designed to train doctors into General Practitioners (GPs) in Australia, providing full-time and on-the-job training from 3 – 4 four years with only 1,500 training spots yearly in urban and rural areas across the country.
    • Registrar training on the program gets $4,911.01 per training term
    • Supervisors providing teaching get $5,921.80 – $15,008.70 depending on the training term (limited to the first three training terms).
    • General Practice training practices get $10,720.50 – $18,378 depending on the training term (limited to the first two training terms).
GP Training Incentives
  • Incentives for GP and Rural Generalist (RG) registrars under the AGPT or RVTS programs, specifically:
Fellowship Support Program Supervisor Incentives
  • Fellowship Support Program is a 2-year self-funded education and training program that helps doctors attain their Fellowship through accomplishing GP training, online learning resources, workplace-based assessments and in-practice supervision by accredited supervisors at approved practices.
    • If you’re a supervisor overseeing a Fellowship Support Program (FSP) registrar, you can get $150 + GST and super per hour for supervision of each FSP registrar. 
    • You can also receive $150 + GST and super per end of term report.
Pre-Fellowship Program Incentives
  • Pre-Fellowship Program (PFP) is a 3GA program which enables IMGs and Non-VR doctors to practice in a Distribution Priority Area (DPA) and access Medicare. This is to prepare doctors for Fellowship by acquiring more GP experience.
    • If you’re under PFP and an International Medical Graduate (IMG) with Limited or Provisional Registration, you will have access to Learning & Development financial support, specifically $20,000 per year for level 1 supervision and $15,000 per year for level 2-4 supervision.
    • If you’re a supervisor who is overseeing an IMG with Limited or Provisional Registration, you may receive financial support.
Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program – Rural Stream
  • The Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program (APCPP) gives junior and prevocational doctors the opportunity to undertake a primary care training rotation during their hospital training years.
Advanced Skills Training Posts Rural Generalists and General Practitioners Program (AST Program)
  • The AST Program helps 15 advanced skills posts for general practitioner (GP) registrars, rural generalist (RG) registrars, and Fellows annually to cover the training costs including salary, supervision, clinical/medical education and support and minor administrative expenses with up to $150,000 for each 12-month AST post.
General Practitioner Procedural Training Support Program (GPPTSP)
  • The GPPTSP is an optional and competitive scholarship program in MM 3-7 locations that offers $40,000 per applicant who completed training, for up to 10 GP Fellows to obtain an Advanced Certificate in Rural Generalist Anaesthesia (RGA), and up to 10 GP Fellows to attain the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Associate Training Program (Advanced Procedural) (APTP).
Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS)
  • The Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS) is fully funded by the government, and an approved training program that offers GPs a pathway to Fellowship without travelling long distances or relocating through distance education and supervision.
Rural Procedural Grants Program (RPGP)
  • The Rural Procedural Grants Program (RPGP) provides financial support to procedural GPs in MM 3-7 areas so they can attend relevant continuing professional development (CPD) activities, specifically:
    • Procedural skills – up to $20,000 per year
    • Emergency medicine – up to $6,000 per year
    • Emergency mental health – up to $6,000 per year
Specialist Training Program (STP)
  • Specialist Training Program (STP) aims to provide vocational training for specialist registrars with the focus on regional, rural, remote, and private facilities.
    • Salary support for trainees = $105,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE.
    • Rural Support Loading (RSL) = $25,000 per annum per eligible post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Private Infrastructure and Clinical Supervision (PICS) = $30,000 per annum per eligible private post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Support Projects = $100,000 base funding plus $1,210 per post per annum.
    • Integrated Rural Training Pipeline = Funding of up to $150,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE. Funds can be used for IRTP salary support, RSL and PICS (if eligible) = Up to 5% of funds may be retained by participating colleges to assist in IRTP post administration, subject to the agreement of the Department. 
Support for Rural Specialists in Australia Program
  • This helps specialists in rural and remote Australia access CPD educational opportunities through online learning programs, and grants to access training not available in their hometown with up to $10,000 funding.
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Doctor Stream
  • The WIP – Doctor Stream gives financial incentives to medical practitioners working in eligible rural and remote areas (MM 3-7 locations):
  • Maximum payment values by year level for VR doctors and those on approved training pathways:
    • Year 1 – $0
    • Year 2 – $12,000
    • Year 3 – $17,000
    • Year 4 – $17,000
    • Year 5 plus – $23,000
  • Maximum payments values by year level for Non-VR doctors:
    • Year 1 – $0
    • Year 2 – $9,600
    • Year 3 – $13,600
    • Year 4 – $13,600
    • Year 5 plus – $18,400
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Rural Advanced Skills Stream
  • The WIP – Rural Advanced Skills Stream provides financial incentives every year to doctors to use additional advanced skills and serve emergency and/or primary care in rural areas (MM 3-7) with up to $9,500 in MM5 locations for each stream (Emergency Medicine services and Rural Advanced Skills services).
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Practice Stream
  • The WIP – Practice Stream provides financial incentives to help general practices with the cost of employing health professionals with up to $137,375.60 per annum for a single practice with an additional 40% rural loading for MM5 locations.
Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
  • The PIP incentives supports doctors and practices by giving them incentives to help them provide better care and make healthcare easier to get, specifically on improving:
    • eHealth
    • Teaching Payment
    • Indigenous Health (IHI)
    • Procedural General Practitioner Payment
    • After Hours
    • Quality Improvement (PIPQI) and
    • Rural Loading: To be eligible for rural loading, the main practice must be located in RRMA 3-7 (rural and remote zones). The rural loading is automatically applied to PIP payments.
Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP)
  • BBPIP provides a quarterly 12.5% incentive payment on MBS benefits paid from eligible services, split 50/50 between the GP and the practice.
Rural Bulk Billing Incentives (BBI)
  • Bulk billing incentives (BBI) are payable to medical practitioners who provide bulk billed services to people with concession cards and children below 16 years old. From 1 November 2025, eligibility will be expanded to include all Medicare-eligible patients. The RBBI available in MM5 locations is approximately 170% of the benefit in metropolitan areas.
Primary Care Workforce Support Program (PCWSP)
  • RWAs in each state are funded to create recruitment, access and sustainability activities. These include grants for health practitioners in DPA/MM1 and MM2-7 locations on:
    • Recruitment costs or as incentives
    • Orientation expenses
    • Relocation expenses to move to a rural area
    • Locum support
    • Assist with access to continuing professional development opportunities
General Practice in Aged Care Incentive
  • The General Practice in Aged Care Incentive helps elderly individuals in aged care homes receive quality medical care from their usual GPs. By giving incentives, it encourages practices and GPs to visit regularly, plan check-ups, and coordinate care to ensure the residents stay healthy.
  • Practices can receive:
    • $300 per patient, per year (75 per patient, per quarter), paid to the Responsible Provider.
    • $130 per patient, per year ($32.50 per patient, per quarter), paid to the practice.
    • Rural Loading: MM 5 – 30%
Rural Locum Assistance Program (RLAP)
  • Rural Locum Assistance Program (RLAP) focuses on locum support in MM 2-7 locations, specifically for fees on travel, accommodation, and locum incentives.
Remote Northern Territory Locum Program (RNTLP)
  • This funds health professionals to practise in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory for short-term paid placements of 3 to 12 weeks with support including cost of travel, necessary education and training and the cost of recruitment.
Premium Support Scheme (PSS)
  • The PSS supports eligible medical practitioners by reducing the costs of their medical indemnity insurance, specifically for those in MM 3-7 locations.
5 Year Overseas Trained Doctor Scheme or The 5-year International Medical Graduates Recruitment Scheme
  • Overseas Trained Doctors (OTDs) and International Medical Graduates (IMGs) can reduce their moratorium to between 3 – 5 years by practising in regional, rural, and remote areas.
Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP)
  • The Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP) offers scholarships and bursaries to eligible health professionals working in MM3-7 locations to maintain and expand their skills, specifically:
    • Scholarship: Students receive $10,000 per year for 2 years.
    • Bursary: Covers the cost of training, accommodation, travel or course fees and/or cover or partially cover training related expenses.

For other financial support and grants, check our General Practice Incentives & How To Get Them blog here.

MM 6 Location

Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program Incentives
  • Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program is a fully-funded program designed to train doctors into General Practitioners (GPs) in Australia, providing full-time and on-the-job training from 3 – 4 four years with only 1,500 training spots yearly in urban and rural areas across the country.
    • Registrar training on the program gets $9,444.25 per training term
    • Supervisors providing teaching get $6,942.80 – $16,029.70 depending on the training term (limited to the first three training terms).
    • General Practice training practices get $12,762.50 – $20,420 depending on the training term (limited to the first two training terms).
GP Training Incentives
  • Incentives for GP and Rural Generalist (RG) registrars under the AGPT or RVTS programs, specifically:
Fellowship Support Program Supervisor Incentives
  • Fellowship Support Program is a 2-year self-funded education and training program that helps doctors attain their Fellowship through accomplishing GP training, online learning resources, workplace-based assessments and in-practice supervision by accredited supervisors at approved practices.
    • If you’re a supervisor overseeing a Fellowship Support Program (FSP) registrar, you can get $150 + GST and super per hour for supervision of each FSP registrar. 
    • You can also receive $150 + GST and super per end of term report.
Pre-Fellowship Program Incentives
  • Pre-Fellowship Program (PFP) is a 3GA program which enables IMGs and Non-VR doctors to practice in a Distribution Priority Area (DPA) and access Medicare. This is to prepare doctors for Fellowship by acquiring more GP experience.
    • If you’re under PFP and an International Medical Graduate (IMG) with Limited or Provisional Registration, you will have access to Learning & Development financial support, specifically $20,000 per year for level 1 supervision and $15,000 per year for level 2-4 supervision.
    • If you’re a supervisor who is overseeing an IMG with Limited or Provisional Registration, you may receive financial support.
Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program – Rural Stream
  • The Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program (APCPP) gives junior and prevocational doctors the opportunity to undertake a primary care training rotation during their hospital training years.
Advanced Skills Training Posts Rural Generalists and General Practitioners Program (AST Program)
  • The AST Program helps 15 advanced skills posts for general practitioner (GP) registrars, rural generalist (RG) registrars, and Fellows annually to cover the training costs including salary, supervision, clinical/medical education and support and minor administrative expenses with up to $150,000 for each 12-month AST post.
General Practitioner Procedural Training Support Program (GPPTSP)
  • The GPPTSP is an optional and competitive scholarship program in MM 3-7 locations that offers $40,000 per applicant who completed training, for up to 10 GP Fellows to obtain an Advanced Certificate in Rural Generalist Anaesthesia (RGA), and up to 10 GP Fellows to attain the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Associate Training Program (Advanced Procedural) (APTP).
Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS)
  • The Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS) is fully funded by the government, and an approved training program that offers GPs a pathway to Fellowship without travelling long distances or relocating through distance education and supervision.
Rural Procedural Grants Program (RPGP)
  • The Rural Procedural Grants Program (RPGP) provides financial support to procedural GPs in MM 3-7 areas so they can attend relevant continuing professional development (CPD) activities, specifically:
    • Procedural skills – up to $20,000 per year
    • Emergency medicine – up to $6,000 per year
    • Emergency mental health – up to $6,000 per year
Specialist Training Program (STP)
  • Specialist Training Program (STP) aims to provide vocational training for specialist registrars with the focus on regional, rural, remote, and private facilities.
    • Salary support for trainees = $105,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE.
    • Rural Support Loading (RSL) = $25,000 per annum per eligible post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Private Infrastructure and Clinical Supervision (PICS) = $30,000 per annum per eligible private post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Support Projects = $100,000 base funding plus $1,210 per post per annum.
    • Integrated Rural Training Pipeline = Funding of up to $150,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE. Funds can be used for IRTP salary support, RSL and PICS (if eligible) = Up to 5% of funds may be retained by participating colleges to assist in IRTP post administration, subject to the agreement of the Department. 
Support for Rural Specialists in Australia Program
  • This helps specialists in rural and remote Australia access CPD educational opportunities through online learning programs, and grants to access training not available in their hometown with up to $10,000 funding.
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Doctor Stream
  • The WIP – Doctor Stream gives financial incentives to medical practitioners working in eligible rural and remote areas (MM 3-7 locations):
  • Maximum payment values by year level for VR doctors and those on approved training pathways:
    • Year 1 – $16,000
    • Year 2 – $16,000
    • Year 3 – $25,000
    • Year 4 – $25,000
    • Year 5 plus – $35,000
  • Maximum payments values by year level for Non-VR doctors:
    • Year 1 – $12,800
    • Year 2 – $12,800
    • Year 3 – $20,000
    • Year 4 – $20,000
    • Year 5 plus – $28,000
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Rural Advanced Skills Stream
  • The WIP – Rural Advanced Skills Stream provides financial incentives every year to doctors to use additional advanced skills and serve emergency and/or primary care in rural areas (MM 3-7) with up to $10,500 in MM6 locations for each stream (Emergency Medicine services and Rural Advanced Skills services).
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Practice Stream
  • The WIP – Practice Stream provides financial incentives to help general practices with the cost of employing health professionals with up to $137,375.60 per annum for a single practice with an additional 60% rural loading for MM6 locations.
Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
  • The PIP incentives supports doctors and practices by giving them incentives to help them provide better care and make healthcare easier to get, specifically on improving:
    • eHealth
    • Teaching Payment
    • Indigenous Health (IHI)
    • Procedural General Practitioner Payment
    • After Hours
    • Quality Improvement (PIPQI) and
    • Rural Loading: To be eligible for rural loading, the main practice must be located in RRMA 3-7 (rural and remote zones). The rural loading is automatically applied to PIP payments.
Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP)
  • BBPIP provides a quarterly 12.5% incentive payment on MBS benefits paid from eligible services, split 50/50 between the GP and the practice.
Rural Bulk Billing Incentives (BBI)
  • Bulk billing incentives (BBI) are payable to medical practitioners who provide bulk billed services to people with concession cards and children below 16 years old. From 1 November 2025, eligibility will be expanded to include all Medicare-eligible patients. The RBBI available in MM6 locations is approximately 180% of the benefit in metropolitan areas.
Primary Care Workforce Support Program (PCWSP)
  • RWAs in each state are funded to create recruitment, access and sustainability activities. These include grants for health practitioners in DPA/MM1 and MM2-7 locations on:
    • Recruitment costs or as incentives
    • Orientation expenses
    • Relocation expenses to move to a rural area
    • Locum support
    • Assist with access to continuing professional development opportunities
General Practice in Aged Care Incentive
  • The General Practice in Aged Care Incentive helps elderly individuals in aged care homes receive quality medical care from their usual GPs. By giving incentives, it encourages practices and GPs to visit regularly, plan check-ups, and coordinate care to ensure the residents stay healthy.
  • Practices can receive:
    • $300 per patient, per year (75 per patient, per quarter), paid to the Responsible Provider.
    • $130 per patient, per year ($32.50 per patient, per quarter), paid to the practice.
    • Rural Loading: MM 6 – 50%
Rural Locum Assistance Program (RLAP)
  • Rural Locum Assistance Program (RLAP) focuses on locum support in MM 2-7 locations, specifically for fees on travel, accommodation, and locum incentives.
Remote Northern Territory Locum Program (RNTLP)
  • This funds health professionals to practise in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory for short-term paid placements of 3 to 12 weeks with support including cost of travel, necessary education and training and the cost of recruitment.
Premium Support Scheme (PSS)
  • The PSS supports eligible medical practitioners by reducing the costs of their medical indemnity insurance, specifically for those in MM 3-7 locations.
5 Year Overseas Trained Doctor Scheme or The 5-year International Medical Graduates Recruitment Scheme
  • Overseas Trained Doctors (OTDs) and International Medical Graduates (IMGs) can reduce their moratorium to between 3 – 5 years by practising in regional, rural, and remote areas.
Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP)
  • The Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP) offers scholarships and bursaries to eligible health professionals working in MM3-7 locations to maintain and expand their skills, specifically:
    • Scholarship: Students receive $10,000 per year for 2 years.
    • Bursary: Covers the cost of training, accommodation, travel or course fees and/or cover or partially cover training related expenses.

For other financial support and grants, check our General Practice Incentives & How To Get Them blog here.

MM 7 Location

Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program Incentives
  • Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program is a fully-funded program designed to train doctors into General Practitioners (GPs) in Australia, providing full-time and on-the-job training from 3 – 4 four years with only 1,500 training spots yearly in urban and rural areas across the country.
    • Registrar training on the program gets $9,444.25 per training term
    • Supervisors providing teaching get $6,942.80 – $16,029.70 depending on the training term (limited to the first three training terms).
    • General Practice training practices get $12,762.50 – $20,420 depending on the training term (limited to the first two training terms).
GP Training Incentives
  • Incentives for GP and Rural Generalist (RG) registrars under the AGPT or RVTS programs, specifically:
Fellowship Support Program Supervisor Incentives
  • Fellowship Support Program is a 2-year self-funded education and training program that helps doctors attain their Fellowship through accomplishing GP training, online learning resources, workplace-based assessments and in-practice supervision by accredited supervisors at approved practices.
    • If you’re a supervisor overseeing a Fellowship Support Program (FSP) registrar, you can get $150 + GST and super per hour for supervision of each FSP registrar. 
    • You can also receive $150 + GST and super per end of term report.
Pre-Fellowship Program Incentives
  • Pre-Fellowship Program (PFP) is a 3GA program which enables IMGs and Non-VR doctors to practice in a Distribution Priority Area (DPA) and access Medicare. This is to prepare doctors for Fellowship by acquiring more GP experience.
    • If you’re under PFP and an International Medical Graduate (IMG) with Limited or Provisional Registration, you will have access to Learning & Development financial support, specifically $20,000 per year for level 1 supervision and $15,000 per year for level 2-4 supervision.
    • If you’re a supervisor who is overseeing an IMG with Limited or Provisional Registration, you may receive financial support.
Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program – Rural Stream
  • The Australian Primary Care Prevocational Program (APCPP) gives junior and prevocational doctors the opportunity to undertake a primary care training rotation during their hospital training years.
Advanced Skills Training Posts Rural Generalists and General Practitioners Program (AST Program)
  • The AST Program helps 15 advanced skills posts for general practitioner (GP) registrars, rural generalist (RG) registrars, and Fellows annually to cover the training costs including salary, supervision, clinical/medical education and support and minor administrative expenses with up to $150,000 for each 12-month AST post.
General Practitioner Procedural Training Support Program (GPPTSP)
  • The GPPTSP is an optional and competitive scholarship program in MM 3-7 locations that offers $40,000 per applicant who completed training, for up to 10 GP Fellows to obtain an Advanced Certificate in Rural Generalist Anaesthesia (RGA), and up to 10 GP Fellows to attain the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Associate Training Program (Advanced Procedural) (APTP).
Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS)
  • The Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS) is fully funded by the government, and an approved training program that offers GPs a pathway to Fellowship without travelling long distances or relocating through distance education and supervision.
Rural Procedural Grants Program (RPGP)
  • The Rural Procedural Grants Program (RPGP) provides financial support to procedural GPs in MM 3-7 areas so they can attend relevant continuing professional development (CPD) activities, specifically:
    • Procedural skills – up to $20,000 per year
    • Emergency medicine – up to $6,000 per year
    • Emergency mental health – up to $6,000 per year
Specialist Training Program (STP)
  • Specialist Training Program (STP) aims to provide vocational training for specialist registrars with the focus on regional, rural, remote, and private facilities.
    • Salary support for trainees = $105,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE.
    • Rural Support Loading (RSL) = $25,000 per annum per eligible post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Private Infrastructure and Clinical Supervision (PICS) = $30,000 per annum per eligible private post, pro rata per FTE.
    • Support Projects = $100,000 base funding plus $1,210 per post per annum.
    • Integrated Rural Training Pipeline = Funding of up to $150,000 per annum, pro rata per FTE. Funds can be used for IRTP salary support, RSL and PICS (if eligible) = Up to 5% of funds may be retained by participating colleges to assist in IRTP post administration, subject to the agreement of the Department. 
Support for Rural Specialists in Australia Program
  • This helps specialists in rural and remote Australia access CPD educational opportunities through online learning programs, and grants to access training not available in their hometown with up to $10,000 funding.
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Doctor Stream
  • The WIP – Doctor Stream gives financial incentives to medical practitioners working in eligible rural and remote areas (MM 3-7 locations):
  • Maximum payment values by year level for VR doctors and those on approved training pathways:
    • Year 1 – $25,000
    • Year 2 – $25,000
    • Year 3 – $35,000
    • Year 4 – $35,000
    • Year 5 plus – $60,000
  • Maximum payments values by year level for Non-VR doctors:
    • Year 1 – $20,000
    • Year 2 – $20,000
    • Year 3 – $28,000
    • Year 4 – $28,000
    • Year 5 plus – $48,000
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Rural Advanced Skills Stream
  • The WIP – Rural Advanced Skills Stream provides financial incentives every year to doctors to use additional advanced skills and serve emergency and/or primary care in rural areas (MM 3-7) with up to $10,500 in MM7 locations for each stream (Emergency Medicine services and Rural Advanced Skills services).
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Practice Stream
  • The WIP – Practice Stream provides financial incentives to help general practices with the cost of employing health professionals with up to $137,375.60 per annum for a single practice with an additional 60% rural loading for MM7 locations.
Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
  • The PIP incentives supports doctors and practices by giving them incentives to help them provide better care and make healthcare easier to get, specifically on improving:
    • eHealth
    • Teaching Payment
    • Indigenous Health (IHI)
    • Procedural General Practitioner Payment
    • After Hours
    • Quality Improvement (PIPQI) and
    • Rural Loading: To be eligible for rural loading, the main practice must be located in RRMA 3-7 (rural and remote zones). The rural loading is automatically applied to PIP payments.
Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP)
  • BBPIP provides a quarterly 12.5% incentive payment on MBS benefits paid from eligible services, split 50/50 between the GP and the practice.
Rural Bulk Billing Incentives (BBI)
  • Bulk billing incentives (BBI) are payable to medical practitioners who provide bulk billed services to people with concession cards and children below 16 years old. From 1 November 2025, eligibility will be expanded to include all Medicare-eligible patients. The RBBI available in MM7 locations is approximately 190% of the benefit in metropolitan areas.
Primary Care Workforce Support Program (PCWSP)
  • RWAs in each state are funded to create recruitment, access and sustainability activities. These include grants for health practitioners in DPA/MM1 and MM2-7 locations on:
    • Recruitment costs or as incentives
    • Orientation expenses
    • Relocation expenses to move to a rural area
    • Locum support
    • Assist with access to continuing professional development opportunities
General Practice in Aged Care Incentive
  • The General Practice in Aged Care Incentive helps elderly individuals in aged care homes receive quality medical care from their usual GPs. By giving incentives, it encourages practices and GPs to visit regularly, plan check-ups, and coordinate care to ensure the residents stay healthy.
  • Practices can receive:
    • $300 per patient, per year (75 per patient, per quarter), paid to the Responsible Provider.
    • $130 per patient, per year ($32.50 per patient, per quarter), paid to the practice.
    • Rural Loading: MM 7 – 50%
Rural Locum Assistance Program (RLAP)
  • Rural Locum Assistance Program (RLAP) focuses on locum support in MM 2-7 locations, specifically for fees on travel, accommodation, and locum incentives.
Remote Northern Territory Locum Program (RNTLP)
  • This funds health professionals to practise in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory for short-term paid placements of 3 to 12 weeks with support including cost of travel, necessary education and training and the cost of recruitment.
Premium Support Scheme (PSS)
  • The PSS supports eligible medical practitioners by reducing the costs of their medical indemnity insurance, specifically for those in MM 3-7 locations.
5 Year Overseas Trained Doctor Scheme or The 5-year International Medical Graduates Recruitment Scheme
  • Overseas Trained Doctors (OTDs) and International Medical Graduates (IMGs) can reduce their moratorium to between 3 – 5 years by practising in regional, rural, and remote areas.
Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP)
  • The Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP) offers scholarships and bursaries to eligible health professionals working in MM3-7 locations to maintain and expand their skills, specifically:
    • Scholarship: Students receive $10,000 per year for 2 years.
    • Bursary: Covers the cost of training, accommodation, travel or course fees and/or cover or partially cover training related expenses.

For other financial support and grants, check our General Practice Incentives & How To Get Them blog here.

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